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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "miasma"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[miasma \my-AZ-muh; mee-\ (noun) - 1 : A vaporous exhalation (as of marshes or putrid matter) formerly thought to cause disease; broadly, a thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation. 2 : A harmful or corrupting atmosphere or influence; also, an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-974892</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "inamorata"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[inamorata \in-am-uh-RAH-tuh\ (noun) - A woman whom one is in love with; a mistress.

"Neil was the sort of cynical romanticism expert who'd counsel switching from one inamorata to another every few months."

Inamorata comes from Italian innamorata...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-974355</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "conspectus"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[conspectus \kuhn-SPEK-tuhs\ (noun) - 1 : A general sketch or survey of a subject. 2 : A synopsis; an outline.

"Shortly after returning from London eighteen years earlier, she had stolen a conspectus of the medical sciences from her parents' ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-973771</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Gerrymander"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[gerrymander /JER-i-man-duhr/ (verb tr.) - To repartition an area in order 
to create electoral districts that give an unfair advantage to a political 
party.

(noun) - 1 : An instance of gerrymandering. 2 : One or more electoral 
districts, widely...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-973002</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "abjure"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[abjure \ab-JOOR\ (verb tr.) - 1 : To renounce under oath; forswear. 2 : To recant solemnly; repudiate. 3 : To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from.

"Barbara abjured from telling her best friend of her husband's affair after ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-972648</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "volitant"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[volitant \VOL-i-tuhnt\ (adjective) 1 : Flying or capable of flight. 2 : Active; moving about rapidly.

"Contrary to her resident felines, Angela discovered that her newest adoptee was a rather volitant specimen, running, playing and generally ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-971964</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "oblivious"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[oblivious \uh-BLIV-ee-us\ (adjective) - 1 : Lacking all memory; forgetful. 2 : Lacking active conscious awareness or knowledge; unmindful.

"Frank could be harshly self-critical, while Jeff, though not oblivious to his mistakes, had little time ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-971307</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "toxophilite"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[toxophilite \tok-SOF-uh-lyt\ (noun) - One who is fond of or expert at archery.

"While barely competent with firearms of any sort, Jan was a toxophilite of the highest magnitude, able to pit a cherry with an arrow at over ten yards."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-970862</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Pococurante"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[pococurante \po-ko-koo-RAN-tee, -kyoo-\ (adjective) - Indifferent, apathetic, nonchalant.

"James' only claim to fame was a single pococurante addition to the company's rules and regulations yet this, along with his esteemed name, was enough to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-970197</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Mondegreen"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[mondegreen \MON-di-green\ (noun) - A word or phrase resulting from mishearing a word or phrase.

"For years Peter had questioned the sexual orientation of Hendrix, all due to the honest mondegreen of confusing ''Scuse me while I kiss this guy,' ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-969738</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Gremlin"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[gremlin \GREM-lin\ (noun) - A mischievous sprite imagined to cause the 
inexplicable problems in the real and virtual machinery of technology.

"I received your e-mail alright but the attachment was snatched by the 
gremlins of cyberspace."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-969447</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Crotchet"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[crotchet \KRAH-chet\ (noun) - A highly individual and eccentric opinion or 
preference. Originally, a small hook or hooked instrument although that 
sense is now archaic.

"Guacamole on ice cream is just one of Jason's many gastronomic crotchets."...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-968399</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Histrionic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[histrionic \his-tree-AHN-ik\ (adjective) - Exaggerated or melodramatic in 
behavior or speech, extremely theatrical.

"Every time Jason fails to get his way, he flies into a histrionic diatribe 
about how he is undervalued by those around him."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-967378</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Boondocks"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[boondocks \BUN-dahks\ (noun) - A remote, wild, unexplored region; rural, 
isolated area.

"You should move to the city; you will never find yourself a husband living 
out there in the boondocks."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-967287</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Hoghenhine"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>hoghenhine</b> <i>\HAH-gehn-hIn\</i> (noun) - (English Medieval Law) A 
legal member of one's own family; a visitor who remains past the third 
night or the third night of a visit itself in someone else's home.

"Confident of the quality of his...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-966650</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Wrought"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>wrought</b> <i>\rat\</i> (adjective) - Worked, crafted, done.

"The antiqued knotty pine shelf was wrought by my freat-grandfather back 
when 'wrought' was the only participle for 'work.'"
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-965848</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Oscitancy"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[oscitancy \AH-si-tehn-si\ (noun) - 1 : Yawning or a yawn, hence  2 : the 
drowsiness or dullness associated with yawning.

"Jack insisted that his oscitancy came more from lack of sleep than from 
lack of interest."

Latin oscitare "yawn" from os-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-965786</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Hallucinate"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[hallucinate \heh-LU-seh-neyt\ (verb) - To be deceived by delusions as a 
result of mental illness or a narcotic; to suffer a wildly distorted dream 
of something nonexistent but perceived as real.

"Courtney hallucinates more boyfriends than she ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-964309</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Ecdemic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ecdemic \ek-DEM-ik\ (adjective) - Of foreign origin; introduced from outside; pertaining to a disease that's observed far from the area it originates in.

"Charles observed that bird flu, while growing from endemic to a specific population to a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-963782</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Word Fiends Have an 'Ax' to Grind]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I get by with a little help from my fiends -- word fiends, that is.

In a recent column about the phrase "having an ax to grind," I axed the
popular notion that Ben Franklin coined it.

An email from Sylvia Garstka explains how Franklin ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/thewordguy/s-4223750</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/10/2026</pubDate>
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