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Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek!

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October 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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The WoTW!

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October 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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#wordoftheweek #bobble
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I have a cat named Wobbles
who loves whenever I bobble
A ball of yarn beyond her arm
that she always tries to to gobble

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Digital art - Art House This artwork is a charming pencil sketch titled "Kitten Chasing Yarn Ball" featuring a playful tabby kitten leaping in mid-air to bat at a dangling ball of yarn.
October 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Football Limerick We knew we could win the match yet When I was put through on goal and all-set But the ball took a bobble I started to wobble And ended up stuck in the net
October 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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#PoetryPrompt #bobble
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Text of poem on a photograph of ripples of aqua water: Boondoggle Curls bobble. Knees wobble. First day of school. Flakes splatter. Teeth chatter. Snow days are cool! Chairs clatter. Friends scatter. Last day of school. Heads bobble. Boards wobble. Dive in the pool! Switch toggles. Mind boggles. It’s back-to-school! –Anne M. Lipton Photo of pool water at Avela Boutique Hotel, Sayulita, Mexico, by Anne M. Lipton (2024).
October 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek

Frame Flyback Time: Time Period during which the Beam moves from the final position of one Frame to the starting position of the subsequent Frame.

You can view the full entry here: emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de/term/em-fram...

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October 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek!

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October 5, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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🌎💙 The word of the week is convivial. It sure would be nice if we could remember that we're all on this floating blue rock together, and we'd strive to be much more convivial. 🤝😊

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October 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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A horse a’galloping
across a field
its tail and mane a'waving
A freedom like the winds and trees
I find myself a'craving

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The photograph is by fine-art equine photographer Katja Jensen. She is a professional artist based in Denmark who travels globally to capture real horse breeds running freely in their natural environments. The image shows a dark-coated horse running through a green meadow with a mountainous backdrop
October 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Our #WordOfTheWeek is pompous – speaking or acting as if you are more important or impressive than you really are. This week's challenge is to write a short poem using the word pompous. Find more #11PlusResources at www.bofa11plus.com.
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Word of the week: pompous. Class: adjective. Definition: speaking or acting as if you are more important or impressive than you really are. Synonyms: self-important, arrogant, conceited. Antonyms: modest, humble. In use: Everyone in the classroom groaned when Freddie gave his usual pompous speech about being the best footballer in the year, even though he'd never once scored a goal. Challenge: Write a short poem using the word pompous.
October 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Horse He coughed and neighed and said ‘No, no, I'm too small for this course!’ She replied, ‘Here, have a throat lozenge. you're just a little hoarse.’
October 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Thanks as always to @thetoypress.bsky.social for a new #wordoftheweek. Here’s my poem based on the prompt.

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The Barn Hand (for Kara) She had three socks and a star The beautiful bay who nibbled Baby carrots and lumps of sugar From the palm of my hand On muggy summer afternoons— I could have stayed there forever But there were stalls to muck And fresh bedding to lay Before the stable master returned © Shaun Jex
October 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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#PoetryPrompt #horse
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Text of poem on background of a photograph of blue sky with scattered clouds: My Trusty Steed Galloping beneath blue skies, you toss your mane against the flies. You race the wind and will not lose, upon hooves shod with shiny shoes, running rings around rainbows, flying faster than your foes. You seldom shy and rarely rear unless an arrow should appear. I brush your coat and buff your horn and ride no horse, but unicorn. –Anne M. Lipton Photo credit: Anne M. Lipton
October 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek

Specimen: A physical entity which contains material intended to be investigated.

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October 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Time travel for cells? Almost. 🧬⏪ iPSC technology lets researchers reprogram adult cells back to an undifferentiated state, so they can become nearly any cell type.
Visit our glossary page at stemcell.ucla.edu/glossary to learn more!
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Graphic with the titles 'Word of the Week' and 'iPSC.' Includes a magnifying glass, a drawing of a petri dish with cells, and the phrase 'Cell differentiation!' The website stemcell.ucla.edu appears on the side. Definition card for the word 'iPSC,' which stands for 'Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell'. Text reads: 'Adult cells — typically skin or blood — that have been reprogrammed in the lab to behave like stem cells. This gives them the potential to become any cell type found in the major tissues of the body.' Includes an illustration of a dictionary. Relevance card explaining that Dr. Amander Clark at the BSCRC is using iPSCs to model the development of human reproductive cells and to better understand the mechanisms behind infertility. Includes a photo of Dr. Amander Clark, as well as illustrations of cells and laboratory glassware. Diagram explaining that the term pluripotent comes from the Latin word for 'many' and the Latin word for 'powerful'.
October 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Our #WordOfTheWeek is acquire – to get or obtain something, often through effort or over time. This week's challenge is to find 3 more synonyms for the word acquire. Find more #11PlusResources at www.bofa11plus.com.
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Word of the week: acquire. Class: verb. Definition: to get or obtain something, often through effort or over time. Synonyms: obtain, gain, secure. Antonyms: lose, relinquish. In use: Through weeks of careful practice, Marcus finally began to acquire the confidence he needed to perform his violin solo in front of the whole school. Challenge: Find 3 more synonyms for the word acquire.
October 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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#PoetryPrompt #super
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Text of poem in Comic Sans font on sky-blue background: I wish I were a superhero I wish I were a superhero, above, and soaring high, or swooping down to save the day— no one would call me shy. I wish I were a superhero, then I could disappear and not be told to raise my voice “so everyone can hear.” I wish I were a superhero, clever, quick, and fast. My presentation would be done, and I’d sit down—at last! –Anne M. Lipton
October 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Not so Super for @thetoypress.bsky.social
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Not so Super Common Mario Brothers Normal-star Usual-duper Moderate-car So-so-califragilisticexpialidocious Ordinary-fan Standard, general, mid-bowl Regular-man!
September 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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rogue
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eoinhiggins.bsky.social Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 19d
AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language right
There are no “rogue” AI agents
Identifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook.
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September 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
thetoypress.bsky.social
Here is your #wordoftheweek

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September 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
imanicv.bsky.social
Like, l am SUPER happy
or that was SUPER fun
I saw a SUPER beautiful
morning sun

SUPER is a word
when no other word will do
Like, I think that you are SUPER
and I'm SUPER proud of you!

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The artist of this painting is the French contemporary painter Patricia Radix-Perrier. Her signature style heavily features warm ochre-yellow clothing, texturized palette knife techniques, and emotive, semi-abstract figures of women and children interacting dynamically against cool-toned backgrounds. The image shows an expressive, semi-abstract painting of an older child or figure in a mustard-yellow dress holding the hands of a smaller child who is lifted and swinging joyfully above a reflective surface.
September 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek

Point Source: Spatial volume which has negligible extent, and from where particles or radiation originate and are emitted in all directions.

You can view the full entry here: emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de/term/em-poin...

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September 28, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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Our #WordOfTheWeek is traitor – someone who betrays their side by secretly helping the enemy. This week's challenge is to write a short story using the word traitor. Find more #11PlusResources at www.bofa11plus.com.
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Word of the week: traitor. Class: noun. Definition: someone who betrays their side by secretly helping the enemy. Synonyms: betrayer, defector, turncoat. Antonyms: ally, loyalist. In use: The other knights refused to believe Sir Cedric was a traitor, even after he was seen slipping out of the castle to meet with the invading army. Challenge: Write a short story using the word traitor.
September 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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#PoetryPrompt #fox
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Poem with purple text on a nature photo described below: Text of poem: Boreal words to define An evergreen tree is a pine. To prowl like a fox is vulpine. To howl like a wolf is lupine, but also a flower: lupine, a sweet mountain bloom—that’s alpine. –Anne M. Lipton Photo: Purple lupine flowers, green pines, and green deciduous trees with a distant blue mountain range under a pale blue sky dotted by a couple of small white clouds. Poem and photo by Anne M. Lipton
September 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek !

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September 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM