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What are some of your favorite words you've come across while reading? (sh.itjust.works)

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Mine is "palimpsest". I first encountered this word while reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

Definition: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

I love that there's a word for this.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Defenestrate". Meaning to throw someone or something out of a window.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ahh yeah! That's another one of my favorites

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