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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[Today's Word "Trampoline"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trampoline \TRAEM-peh-leen\ (noun) - A unit of athletic equipment 
comprising a piece of resilient cloth or netting stretched across a frame 
and used for acrobatic jumping and tumbling.

"If you go to work for the company that Dennis works for, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-963695</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "bedaub"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[bedaub \bih-DOB\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To smudge over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. 2 : To overdecorate; to ornament showily or excessively.

"Am I, your kinsman and benefactor, a fit person to be juggled out of my ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-963088</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Generic"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[generic \juh-NEHR-ik\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to a genus. 2 : Sold without a brand name. 3 : Relating to a whole group or class.

"In an effort to save money, Lois even started buying generic toilet paper that felt like sandpaper on her...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-962537</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "Turdiform"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[turdiform \TEHR-deh-form\ (adjective) - Having the shape of a thrush.

"I'm not sure of the name of this turdiform little flyer is but I'm sure 
you will agree that it is a delight to the eye."
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-962131</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/11/2026</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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		<title><![CDATA[Today's Word "indolent"]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[indolent \IN-duh-lehnt\ (adjective) - 1 : Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic. 2 : Causing little or no pain. Slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive.

"For the indolent body there are ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-961082</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/10/2026</pubDate>
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