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# Word for the Day

Proper and polite behavior.     decorum   Decorum is proper and polite behavior. If you let out a big belch at a fancy dinner party, you’re not showing much decorum.   This noun is from Latin decōrus “proper, becoming, handsome,” from décor “beauty, grace,” which is also the source of English décor. The corresponding adjective is decorous, meaning “well-behaved in a particular…

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# Word for the Day

 Something that people think is really important that’s actually not important at all….. brouhaha   Brouhaha is something that people think is really important that’s actually not important at all, like the brouhaha over some new celebrity gossip. Brouhahaseems like a big deal, but it’s a bunch of baloney.   Brouhaha has two meanings, and tons of funny-sounding synonyms. The…

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