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Default Re: OT- Word of the day.

Today's Word:
Airy-fairy pronounced like it looks.

adj U.K.
1. fanciful: fanciful or not grounded in reality (informal)
2. delicate: extremely fragile


[Mid-19th century. Perhaps originally in “airy, fairy Lilian,” in the poem Lilian by Alfred Tennyson.]

BONUS WORD! *woop woop woop*

Today's Bonus Word:
Fishwife pronounced like it looks

n
1. coarse and loud woman: a woman who is regarded as loud-voiced and lacking in manners (insult)
2. woman fish seller: a woman selling fish (archaic)
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