Precedence: priority of importance; occurring earlier in time.
Precedent: occurring earlier than something similar; something based on an established practice that serves as a model to authorize or justify an analogous, subsequent action.
#precedence #precedent #nyk #wordsarefun #atty #legal

While I’m touched my phone thinks I use the word “tittle” with much regularity (not like I’ve never used it) but in this case I did (sadly) just mean title. #WordsAreFun #Typography #Autocorrect #ImSoFancy

Per MW: The heavyset linebacker and the linebacker was heavyset, but his deep-set eyes and his eyes were deep set.

#amcopyediting #amediting #WordsAreFun

It’s shallow of me for the name to be the big thing, but I needed the words “Ellipsocephaloid trilobite” in my life today.

#wordsarefun

Fun Merriam-Webster word of the day.

Vamoose - to depart quickly.

#wordoftheday #funword #word #vamoose #merriamwebster #wordsarefun

#LetsPlayAGame
#acronym #wordsarefun

What does the acronym
A N T I F A
stand for?

#WRONGANSWERSONLY

*disclosure- it's actually "Auntie Fah", the worm that moved into Trump's head when he went swimming in Kennedy's creek. She's starving, crying for help. Sad...

👀 Oh, look who it is! Your daily #Phrasicle!

Coffee? ✅
Sleepy? Still ✅

Time to get those engines going with a quick morning #brainteaser

👉 phrasicle.com

#WordGames #DailyPuzzle #Wordle #NYTGames #WordsAreFun

I wish Anne Curzan would weigh in, actually. 😊

In other news, I will start using “lectern” when I mean “lectern” because wtf?! It turns out that I didn't mean “podium” after all!

#WordsAreFun #CuriosityIsCool #LearningIsVital

Cool, but the dictionary says that they’re synonyms. So, maybe humans misspoke enough times that the lexicon said, “Fuck it! You’re in!”? “Ravel” is one that bugs me. It means the same thing as “unravel!” #WordsAreFun

I've decided that I am going to start describing the manner in which these people move by saying the following: Helter-Skelter-ish

(I like adding "ish" to things just for kicks...don't judge me!)😑😜

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/h...

Words are FUN! Tis all.

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That feeling when it finally happens! Six solid pages, single spaced,no playing with the margins...just flow. It's been too long.

🗣"Life did not break my brain!"

Cheers!☕️

#JustWrite
#WordsAreFun

Fun fact: the word for thimble in german translates to “finger hat.” Happy Friday. Hope that makes you as happy as it made me. #Germany #Austria #sewing #FridayFunFact #thimble #wordsarefun

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I keep thinking that Trump's "unconditional discharge" sounds like something you'd let your partner have, even if you don't get one yourself.

#wordsarefun