Jan25

’tis the season for quafftide.

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.word of the day is: ‘quafftide’ (16th century): the season for drinking.

also a pithy way of declaring that it’s time to relax.

works for hydropots (water drinkers) just as well.

*suzy dent

*suzy dent is an english lexicographer, etymologist, author, and media personality

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  9. That’s a neat word :) I like the lines of Poe’s “The Raven” in which the narrator says “Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe.” The few times that I said that quote out loud, my friends looked at me weird and said, “You’re seriously geeky.” To which, I said, “Yep.”

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