This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
felix culpa
glossolalia
sinisterity
sympatric
spuddle

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Coined words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SPUHD-l)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To work feebly.
noun: A feeble action or movement.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of spud (a dagger or digging implement) + puddle. Earliest documented use: 1630.

USAGE:

“‘I come home from the races and my dad is spuddling about on the farm,’ he says.”
Rick Broadbent; ‘I Don’t Want Fame -- Just Glory and Money’; The Times (London, UK); Dec 26, 2020.

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