Two very good words of the day!

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Forswunk, which comes with a Norman Rockwell picture I haven't seen before, and feisty, which has a surprising etymology! You know I love etymologies. Or, at least, I love them in theory. In practice, a lot of them either end up exactly what you'd expect or else end up with the disappointing "uncertain origin". But when I see a good one, I love it all the more!

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