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Georgian Era Lexicon – “F” is for More Than “Failure”

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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Georgian Era Lexicon – “E” is Next on Our List

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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Georgian Era Lexicon – We Continue on With the Remaining “D” Words

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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Georgian Era Lexicon – We Take Up Again ~ This Time With Words Beginning with “Co”

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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A Georgian Era Lexicon – We Are Still on “B” ~ “Bi… to “Bl…”

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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A Georgian Era Lexicon – And Then There Were the Words Beginning with “Ba… to Be…”

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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A Georgian Era Lexicon – We Begin With the Letter “A”

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

In the singular form the lexicon of a particular subject is all the terms associated with it. The lexicon of a person or group is all the words they commonly use. As a plural noun, a lexicon is an alphabetical … Continue reading →

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Are You Familiar With These Words and Phrases?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Regina Jeffers

Spillikin ~ The Oxford Living Dictionaries gives us: [treated as singular] A game played with a heap of small rods of wood, bone, or plastic, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others, while Wikitionary … Continue reading →

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Regency Lexicon – The Letters “X,” “Y,” and “Z”

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Regina Jeffers

Regency Era Lexicon – We’re Coming to the End – X, Y, and Z xebec – a small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails, originally used by Algerian pirates and later used for commerce yager – a … Continue reading →

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Regency Lexicon – The Letter “W”

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Regina Jeffers

Regency Era Lexicon – Nearing the End: We’re at “W” wafer – made of flour and gum; one dampened the wafer and then placed it on a letter to seal it waggonette – a four-wheel lightweight carriage; used for pleasure … Continue reading →

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