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Hybridize (v): To produce or give life.

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Blogcation n: Taking a small vacation from bloggging for much needed inventory, stock taking and massively neglected responsibilties. HOWEVER - you won't find it in the dictionary. Ha, I made it up.

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Obese (adj): Grossly overweight; having excess body fat.

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Salvitas (n): Medieval Latin for 'safety'.

On this Day in History

1893 : Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience.

Mohandas K. Ghandi was forcibly ejected from a train in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa for refusing to comply with racial segregation rules. Ghandi made history several times over for his remarkable stance on peace and humanitarianism.

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Ouch! Is it just mine that hurts?





Imbibe(n): To receive into the mind and retain. As in ideas or knowledge.

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Delectation (n): To experience delight of enjoyment.

**Which is exactly what I am wishing for all readers everywhere. Have a great Bank Holiday Monday and a super Memorial day. I'm on my way to do just that. See you tomorrow!

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Primogeniture (n): Firstborn- principle by which the right of inheritance belongs to the eldest son.

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Progeny (n): Descendants or children. Offspring.

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Hope (v): To desire and expect.
*As four year old Maddie McCanne has now been missing for thirteen days after being abducted in Portugal, our HOPES and prayers go out for her and her family at this very difficult time.

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Agnate (n): Any paternal relative. (Traceable exclusively through the male line of descent).

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Somnambulist (n): Someone who walks in their sleep.

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Avuncular (adj): Resembling an uncle; kind, friendly, helpful, good humoured.

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Paterfamilias (n): The male head of household

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Serendipity (n): Discovering something pleasurable by chance.

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Consanguinity (n): Of the same blood or origin. Family.