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Word of the day
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baby's tears n | |
Today is the Global Day of Parents, which is recognized by the United Nations to honour the commitment of parents towards their children. | |
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Word of the day
for June 2 | |
snottite n | |
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Word of the day
for June 4 | |
wigglesome adj | |
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Word of the day
for June 5 | |
greenhouse gas n | |
Today is World Environment Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to promote worldwide awareness of the need and action to protect the environment. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, began on this day in 1972. | |
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Word of the day
for June 6 | |
nuzzle v | |
nuzzle n | |
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Word of the day
for June 7 | |
eat someone's lunch v | |
Today is World Food Safety Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to raise awareness about and promote global food safety. | |
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Word of the day
for June 8 | |
memory hole n | |
The English writer George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, from which the term originates, was published on this day 75 years ago in 1949. | |
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Word of the day
for June 9 | |
plankter n | |
Yesterday was World Oceans Day, a day recognized by the United Nations to highlight the importance of conserving and protecting the world’s oceans. The Oceans Institute of Canada, supported by the Government of Canada, held an event called Oceans Day at the Global Forum, a parallel event at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 8 June 1992. | |
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Word of the day
for June 10 | |
cynegetic adj | |
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Word of the day
for June 11 | |
frowsty adj (British, dialectal) | |
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Word of the day
for June 12 | |
tin-pot dictator n | |
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Word of the day
for June 13 | |
hard-won adj | |
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Word of the day
for June 14 | |
acrasia n | |
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Word of the day
for June 15 | |
come to papa phrase | |
Tomorrow, the third Sunday of June in 2024, is celebrated in many countries as Father’s Day. The first commemoration took place on Sunday, June 19, 1910, during a church service in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A., at the encouragement of Sonora Smart Dodd who wished to honour her widowed father. | |
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Word of the day
for June 16 | |
sacrifice n | |
In many countries, today is the start of عِيد الْأَضْحَى (ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā, “Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice”), an Islamic festival which honours the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah’s command. | |
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Word of the day
for June 17 | |
prodigious adj | |
prodigious adv
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Word of the day
for June 20 | |
take French leave v (idiomatic, intransitive, informal, dated) | |
Time for a summer holiday! The summer solstice falls on this day in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the UTC. | |
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