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Why Dictionary.com chose scrabbly
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EXAMPLES OF SCRABBLY
- The garden had a few scrabbly weeds poking through the gravel.
- The hotel gym had scrabbly amenities: one cracked mirror and a jump rope with no handles.
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Why Dictionary.com chose bukh
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- First recorded between 1880鈥�1900.
- From Sanskrit vak, meaning “speech.”
- Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *飞别办史-, meaning “to speak;” from this root, we also get the words vocal, voice, and vow.
EXAMPLES OF BUKH
- After accepting the job offer, she took to social media to bukh about this next chapter in her career.
- They couldn’t resist bukhing about their kid’s skill on the violin.
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Why Dictionary.com chose pugilistic
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- First recorded in 1770鈥�80 and originally meant “of or relating to boxing.”
- Combines the Latin root pugil, meaning “a fist-fighter,” + -istic.
EXAMPLES OF PUGILISTIC
- In group projects, the student’s pugilistic attitude made dealing with him feel like an assignment in itself.
- The blackbird became very pugilistic if you approached its nest.
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