Saturday Jan 08, 2005

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Oxford has the best words of the day, hands down. Example, from my inbox today:

Theoplasm

[THEE-oh-plaz-um] A rare word meaning 'the stuff of which gods are made'.

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adjunct:
But does the OED do theme weeks? I guess I should just sign up and find out for myself.
menotyou:
That is wicked cool.

Theoplasm is not listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary however.

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