My west coast brother tells me that today is "National Learn a Word Day." It's also "National Dictionary Day." So I thought that I would flip through my dictionary, or better yet my Official Scrabble Dictionary and find an interesting new word to share with you.
Over the last ten years I've downsized and moved and got rid of many, many books. Evidently my dictionary and my Scrabble dictionary went into one of the donation bins. Not to mention a set of encyclopedias. When I moved out of my house I donated or sold shelves and shelves of books. Hyde Brothers' Books on Wells Street was my best friend. I eventually accumulated over $300 plus enough gift certificates for many Christmas stockings.
What I find interesting is that in the same ten years I have substituted Wikipedia and Google searches for dictionary and encyclopedia page flipping. As long as my cell phone is charged I have the world at my fingertips.
For example when I googled new words in 2025 I was given this list - skibidi, mousejiggler, delulu, doomscroll and touchgrass. I will leave it to you to find the definitions. Happy 'learn a word' day.
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