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It's whatever, but the word for the week is:
Sprezzatura - Noun
: studied nonchalance
: graceful conduct or performance without apparent effort
: the state of Eric being a huge fartbag1
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It’s the final word of our octobword spooktacular! The word of the week is:
Lycanthropy - Noun
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Bleh!
It's the penultimate word for Octobword and this one stinks! Also, trigger warning: dead animals (squirrels, deer)
Fetid - Adjective
: having a heavy offensive smell
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The Octobword for this week is...
Lachrymose - Adjective
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It's time for another spoooooooky word!
Lugubrious - Adjective
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It's the first Wednesday of spooky season and we've got twoOOOooOOOoo words to celebrate!
Inauspicious - Adjective
1: being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come
Auspicious - Adjective
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Disclaimer: The hosts of Big Words for Smart People do not encourage you to fill a paper bag with paint and huff it like an asthmatic's inhaler.
Second Disclaimer: Eating spiderwebs is totally okay.
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It's our 'worst' episode (yet), but not like you think!
Worst - verb (transitive)
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We're still figuring things out, I guess you could say that, when it comes to podcasting, we're still a:
Tyro - noun
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Make using this word a key part of your identity, the word of the week is:
Endemic - adjective
Endemic - noun
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Go off, Quang! It's a new word for Word Wednesday:
Idiosyncrasy - Noun
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Eric and Frankie are not linguists.
What Eric and Frankie lack in bona fides (boring fides, more like it) they make up for in sibling jocularity, rampaging tangents, and lighthearted ribbing. They already know you're a smart person, you don't need to be told that.
Instead, join them every Wednesday to learn a new, cool, big word to enrich your new, cool, big brain and listen in on a casual conversation loosely connected to the word.
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