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Wordnik word of the day:
nimrod
noun. A silly or foolish person; an idiot.
This word probably comes from the phrase 'poor little Nimrod,' used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny to mock the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd.
Also means hunter in the biblical sense.
My father used the word sometimes. 😁
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I'm always on the lookout for a cool word.
taphephobia
noun: a morbid fear of being buried alive