Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2022/May
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bossman n (originally US, informal) | |
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maelstrom n | |
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for May 3 | |
lede n | |
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darkside n | |
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for May 5 | |
elephant trap n (figuratively) | |
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for May 6 | |
strangle the parrot v | |
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for May 7 | |
whack-a-mole n | |
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for May 8 | |
there's more than one way to skin a cat proverb | |
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for May 9 | |
childing n | |
childing adj
childing v
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for May 10 | |
downshift v (chiefly Canada, US) | |
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for May 11 | |
butterfingers n (idiomatic, informal) | |
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for May 12 | |
voluntell v | |
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for May 13 | |
assoil v (transitive) | |
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for May 14 | |
cormorant n | |
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for May 15 | |
kissing cousin n | |
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for May 16 | |
humanitarian corridor n | |
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for May 17 | |
webside manner n | |
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for May 18 | |
perennial adj | |
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for May 19 | |
collywobbles n (British, informal, chiefly humorous) | |
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for May 20 | |
scrimshaw v (originally US, nautical) | |
scrimshaw n (originally US, nautical, also attributively)
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for May 21 | |
abeng n | |
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for May 22 | |
chevrotain n | |
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for May 23 | |
selfsame adj | |
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for May 24 | |
ovine adj | |
ovine n
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for May 25 | |
hod n | |
hod v
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for May 26 | |
presentative adj | |
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for May 27 | |
ugly stick n | |
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for May 28 | |
deform adj | |
deform v
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for May 30 | |
lither adj | |
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for May 31 | |
green-ink brigade proper n | |
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