Simply 17 times Countdown’s Susie Dent’s ‘word of the day’ perfectly captured 2020
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Word of the day is 'sorry-go-round' (19th century): a repetitive cycle of depressing actions or events.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) August 17, 2020
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While Toilet Duck and Dettol are trending, here's a reminder of the word 'ultracrepidarian': one who consistently offers opinions and advice on subjects way beyond their understanding.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) April 24, 2020
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Word of the day should you need it is ‘apanthropy’: a love of solitude and a desire to be away from other people.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) December 23, 2018
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Word of the day is 'bayard' (16th century), beautifully defined as 'one blind to the light of knowledge, who has all the self-confidence of ignorance'.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) October 20, 2020
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In the past, you could be reckful (considerate) as well as reckless. People were also gormful (careful); feckful (responsible), ruthful (compassionate), wieldy (agile), ept (adroit), and definitely gruntled.
Bring back the lost positives.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) December 15, 2020
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Another reminder that ‘hurkle-durkling’ (from 18th-century Scottish dialect) is staying in bed long after it’s time to get up.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) December 13, 2020
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A word for better days: ‘respair’ (16th century) – fresh hope; a recovery from despair.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) November 10, 2020
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This might be the day for a reminder of 'empleomania': the overweening and manic desire to hold public office, at any cost.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) November 3, 2020
And finally …
Word of the day has to be ‘suspire’: to (finally) breathe out.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) November 7, 2020
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