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|[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pernickety pernickety]||placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. ''Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"'' | |[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pernickety pernickety]||placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. ''Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety"'' | ||
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Revision as of 16:34, 20 August 2020
Interesting words
Words to smuggle into conversations...
| neologism | a newly coined word or expression |
| pernickety | placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. Somewhat pleasingly, Americans use the spelling "persnickety" |
| quorum | the smallest number of people needed to be present at a meeting before it can officially begin and before official decisions can be taken |
| vicissitudes | alternation between opposite or contrasting things |
