Category Archives: diseases

  1. Laughing at Pandemics, Kings, and Abracadabra

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    January 14, 2021 by libroshombre

                Merriam-Webster.com has announced that, “based upon a statistical analysis of words that are looked up in extremely high numbers …
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    Category: books, diseases, epidemics, health, history, humor, laughter, libraries, medicine, pandemic, public libraries, word of the year | Tags: , ,

  2. Splogs, Abjads, and Con Nags

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    November 23, 2020 by libroshombre

                Intriguing words popped up this week, namely “splog,” “lox,” “abjad,” and “nom sang.”  My mom sprang splog on us …
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  3. Gobbling, Garbling, and Gobbledygook

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    December 16, 2016 by libroshombre

      Why can’t we all get along? After all, every human on Earth is related. A research group at Germany’s …
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  4. Swapping Spit, Being Cold, and Getting Smart

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    January 27, 2015 by libroshombre

    Vladimir Nabokov’s opinion that, “revelation can be more dangerous than revolution,” resonated after reading about several new scientific discoveries. The …
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    Category: authors, children, diseases, health, libraries, public libraries, reading, reading brain, science | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  5. Wampus Cats, Odd Diseases, and Medicinal Chocolate

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    October 30, 2014 by libroshombre

    The ebola scare and calls for quarantines remind me of a favorite word: “cattywampus.” People seem to favor certain words, …
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