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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2020-04-26 09:17 pm

I'm playing with the dictionary (not scrabble this time)

Elsenet, someone mentioned that the weirdest coronavirus symptom she'd read about was chilblains. So I went to the merriam-webster website to look up "chilblains," because I hadn't seen the word used lately and am hoping their bots will notice people looking it up. (Silly, I know.)

Since I had been led there by the "trending lookups" part of their webpage, I looked at the current list--the most recent entry is "quacksalver." https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/quacksalver-spikes-from-cbs-report-20200426

The lists are practically a running commentary on the news: the next-most-recent entries after it are "sarcasm/sarcastic," "disinfectant," "livedo," and "de minimis."
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[personal profile] rafiwinters 2020-04-27 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
What is "livedo"?
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[personal profile] rafiwinters 2020-04-27 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Generally, new vocabulary good. More medical vocabulary, wishing we didn't need it...