Lots of young Swedes pronounce the shoe label [naik]. In Brazil too. Even [náiki], since it's not very easy for us to finish a word in a consonant (except m/n, s/z/x, r and l [pronounced as a w, as a matter of fact]). We're like the Italians (and the Japanese), we tend to add a vowel where none exi...

oscitancy or oscitation refers to movements of the mouth--in gaping or yawning.

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Gonorrhea, clap.

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osphresis:
The sense of smell.

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Today's word is the adjective from the verb dehisce "to gape or burst open", as some seed pods, like those of the milkweed in the picture below,

Where

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It must be related to Spanish mueca, grimace.

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We hope Riutaro F. Aida does not go on furlough but keeps sending us great words like this one for our series.)

So timely. The stinker is in Thailand as we speak.

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: An agent that prevents or relieves flatulence (gas in the gastrointestinal tract) and, in infants, may help in the treatment of colic. The origin of the word "carminative" is particularly curious. It was borrowed from the French carminatif (masc.), carminative (fem.). Virtually all Engl...

Since you brought dogs' names up, how come you accent Pepe? There should be no accent, since it's a paroxytone (accent on the penultimate syllable) ending in a vowel. The same rule would apply if it ended in an n or s.

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The more importantly lady has no clue what a sentence adverb is. The once guy doesn't know that once is also a conjunction meaning roughly as soon as , as can be attested in any dictionary. The eager/anxious woman doesn't know that anxious has covered many of the meanings ascribed to eager since the...

He may be small in size, but he is felicitous for the part (or so he seems to think).

The dog or your husband?

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Then you should say aRlekê (nasally and stressed on the last syllable).

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Nah, it's not MIH-gruh-tree. You're making that up.

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(We are always pleased with words like today's that swing from the lips of our dear friend, Dr. Lyn Laboriel.)

Who's this guy? Whenever I see his name, I think of Evil Knievil or Jack Kevorkian. Either that or he's a very industrious man.

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