📚 Word of the Day: F E T T L E . 🤓 Etymology: late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘get ready, prepare’, specifically ‘prepare oneself for battle, gird up’): from dialect fettle ‘strip of material, girdle’, from Old English fetel, of Germanic origin; related to German Fessel ‘chain, band’. . 📒 Example 1: With a strict diet regime, Jennifer got her fit body back and in great fettle. . 📘 Example 2: For decades of neglect, the building still remains in fine fettle. . 📗 Example 3: After five months of apprenticeship,Tim gets used to the familiar sounds of bikes being prepped and fettled . 🌈 Reference: OALD, Merriam-Webster . 👉 Follow us: instagram.com/word.lover44 . #word #wordlover #learning #education #writing #vocabulary #language #verbal #dailywords #awordaday #prompt #fettle #condition #good #repair #fix https://www.instagram.com/p/CNZOBJgM5QK/?igshid=1l1jr6cj0nprm
🤓 Etymology: The history of shenanigan is as tricky and mischievous as its meaning. Etymologists have some theories about its origins, but no one has been able to prove them. All we can say for certain is that the earliest known use of the word in print appeared in the April 25, 1855, issue of San Francisco's Town Talk. Although the "underhanded trick" sense of the word is oldest, the most common senses in use now are "tricky or questionable practices" (as in "political shenanigans") and "high-spirited behavior" (as in "youthful shenanigans").
📒 Example 1: More business shenanigans were exposed in the newspapers today.
📘 Example 2: Widespread financial shenanigans had ruined the fortunes of many.
📗 Example 3: I don’t know how he puts up with their shenanigans.
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🚶♂️Walk! 🚶🏻♂️Walk! 🚶♂️Walk! 🚶🏻♂️Walk! 🚶♂️Walk! Let’s get some dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt
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