Interesting words
This topic is about unusual or interesting words that I’ve discovered.
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What is psephology?
It’s the scientific study of elections and voting, and it comes from the Greek word for “pebble”, because pebbles were used for voting in ancient Greece.
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The @ symbol was added to Morse code in 2004
It was added in May 2004, it’s the first new symbol since the Second World War, and the French have a cute name for it. The rest of Morse code has some surprising omissions.
What does the word “gubernatorial” mean?
It’s anything related to a governor, and mostly used for the governors of US states.
What does “insomnolent” mean?
Calley-ope (calliope) Syndrome is pronouncing a word wrong because you’ve only ever read it on the page