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Words, words, words

Words that I love…click to see their meanings.

bildungsroman, malingerer, gimcrackery, chicanery, gobsmacked, donnybrook

I found this link to an article about saving obscure words that were about to be retired from the Collins dictionary to make room for new words. 

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