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Good Word Discussion • Re: Thaumatology
When students pursue thaumatology,
They frequently make this apology:
"I study the facts
But don't perform acts,
For miracles aren't like biology".

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Good Word Suggestions • Re: Ptarmic/Sternutatory (sneezing)
Etymonline reckons that the Greek ptarmos (sneeze) is probably onomatopoeic. (The 'p' is pronounced in Greek.)

Ptarmigan is from Scottish Gaelic tarmachan. The 'p' is a 17th-century addition due to confusion with Greek pteron (wing).

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Good Word Discussion • Palpable
Good Word for 3/23/2026:• palpable •
Pronunciation: pæl-pê-bêl • Hear it!

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: 1. Tangible, touchable, that can be literally felt or handled, perceptible ...

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Good Word Suggestions • Re: merch
I was sure we'd seen mercenary, which is related, too, but I was wrong. The closest we've come is mercurial, which really leap out at one as being related, though it is.

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Good Word Suggestions • merch
Clearly a contraction of "merchandise", and now seen (at least by me) much more frequently than the original. (It first appeared, apparently, in 1982.) The original hasn't been covered yet, nor has "merchant", on which these others are based.

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