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What are some of your favorite words you've come across while reading? (self.books)
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Mine is "palimpsest". I first encountered this word while reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

Definition: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

I love that there's a word for this.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I discovered 'jeroboam' in The Difference Engine by Gibson & Sterling. It's an interesting word: when capitalized, it's a Biblical king; otherwise, it's a bottle.