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What is charisma?
Raul Malo Charisma is a popular word, which, according to Wikipedia, is defined as: compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, a divinely conferred power or talent. and according to dictionary.com is from: 1635–45 Late Latin from the Greek, equivalent to char + -isma/ism (from cháris favour and charízesthai to favour, akin to yearn or exhort) …or maybe it comes from a Greek word meaning […]
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How many words…
Without cheating, how many words of more than three letters, can you make from the word ‘tries’? There are at least seven three-letter words, ten four-letter words and four five-letter words… go on, have a go!
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Word of the day – tiny…. is it Irish?
Tiny is quite a tiny word, you could, I guess extend it to tinier and tininess, but it is basically quite a small word and although it comes from Middle English, tine, no-one seems sure where it came from before that. Is it associated with the word tine, a prong of a fork? The two […]
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