User:OlEnglish

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Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim na poziomie podstawowym.

Hello! I am an administrator over at the English Wikipedia next door. You can find my user page there, with much more information about me.

I have an interest in protologisms, slang/jargon, and rare English words.

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syrinx n
(music) A set of panpipes. (by extension) (archaeology, Egyptology) Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers. (neurology, pathology) Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord. (ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join. Today, the second Saturday of May in 2024, is the first of the two World Migratory Bird Days in the year. These days were established by the Secretariats of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals to highlight the importance of protecting migratory birds and their habitats.
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keum noun (Verlan) bloke, guy
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Just some made-up words (neologisms) that sound like they could be English words: ...and as it turned out, some of them actually really were English words!