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The OED Has A New Last Word (And, Scrabble Players, It’s Worth 23 Points!)

WORDS Posted: June 29, 2017 11:01 am

Some other dictionaries have had the word before, but the Oxford English Dictionary has just admitted it. The definition? “a genus of tropical weevils (family Curculionidae) native to South America and typically found on or near palm trees.”

WORDS Published: 06.27.17

Read the story in Washington Post Published: 06.27.17

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