Word of the Day

[Johnnycomelately]

“Word” is the most powerful word, in Heaven-speak. This thread is about what the title phrase generally means: many words affect us, both ones that get ‘passed around’, and instantial ones that end up defining our path whether we know it or not.

Welcome to Wordland (singular), a place to celebrate or gripe about ‘viral’ or otherwise remarkable/shareable words.

I am regularly impressed by finding two things new to me in this world: critters, and words. And they’re neck and neck, which is cool. I actually love critters more, but feel responsibility to human (V.) too.

Here’s what got this ball rolling. WOTD is equipoise. High level battle against medical elite-fail.

Sensible Medicine SuperBowl Edition - Walensky's Equipoise Lie | Paxlovid

Vinay Prasad MD MPH
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973 views Feb 12, 2023
“Vinay Prasad, MD MPH; Physician & Professor
Hematologist/ Oncologist
Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine
Author of 450+ Peer Reviewed papers, 2 Books, 2 Podcasts, 100+ op-eds.
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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8SGXg_bCxDM

[Johnnycomelately]

Rob words good. History at it’s most benign.

English has an opposites problem.

RobWord and Evan Edinger

May 2, 2026

"Fast", "clip", "sanction", "leave"... can have two opposing meanings. How does that happen? In this video, let's explore the self-contradictory words known as “contronyms”. The Vikings, the Romans and the Normans all play their parts, so let's get to the tales behind the antithesis.

Also, YouTuber Evan Edinger joins us to look at some transatlantic linguistic clashes: words like "quite" that mean one thing in British English and something else very different in American English.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wopcJoJIoJE

[Johnnycomelately]

A tour of the human body, from head to toe, inside and out, about where the names of bits came from.

Presenter Rob has fun along the way, backed up by solid research.

L =22:11.

Your body parts have mad literal meanings.

RobWords
966K subscribers

May 23, 2026

Let's explore the weird literal meaning of body part names.


In this video, we take a tour of the body and discover the surprising true meanings of our names for body parts. Find out why some words are ancient, some are borrowed, and some are a lot weirder than they first appear. It's time for an etymological trip from your head to your toes, inside and out.

Shot at Berlin Museum of Medical History: https://bmm-charite.de/en

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=O3D9xrYYhGY