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By popular demand, our families word is ichthyarchy (n.) The domain of fishes. - Don't tell the captain you fell overboard, tell him you wanted to explore the ichthyarchy!
Since we have four separate ichthyarchies in our house, it seemed like a natural one to all of us. We'll see what the boys' teachers think of it tomorrow.
2 comments:
Cool site. I didn't formally adopt a word, because I didn't want to have to register. Still, I think I like the word adimpleate, meaning to fill up. There is also obarmate--to arm against.
I like those, Becky. Particularly obarmate. I love obscure words with very particular meanings.
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