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What Does Asseverate Mean? The Word Amanda Guessed Wrong and Pete Nailed Nineteen Minutes Later
What does asseverate mean? To declare something earnestly and emphatically. The Latin root it shares with severe and persevere, and why "sever" is a false lead.
What Does Wifty Mean? The Insult That Can't Bring Itself to Insult Anybody
What does wifty mean? Eccentrically silly, scatterbrained, ditzy. A rare, half-Philadelphian word for airheaded that somehow refuses to insult anybody at all.
What Does Corybantic Mean? The Word for Chaos That Was Loud on Purpose
What does corybantic mean? Wild, frenzied, out of control — named for the drum-beating priests of Cybele, whose noise was made to hide a baby from a god.
What Does Selcouth Mean? The Old English Word for Strange in the Best Possible Way
What does selcouth mean? An Old English word for strange-but-wonderful, literally "seldom known" — the cousin of uncouth, and the best word for travel.
