digamy \DI-deh-mi\ (noun) - A second marriage after a divorce or the passing of a spouse, deuterogamy.

"All my friends become digamous so fast, it is difficult to say that that none are bigamous."

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piebald \PI-bald\ (adjective) - Having patches of different colors, particularly black and white spots. Used most frequently in reference to animals.

"We have such a piebald array of attitudes on our team, it is difficult...Read More

blarney \BLAHR-nee\ (noun) - 1 : The gift of eloquent speech; 2 : empty words, double-talk, fabrication, nonsense.

"Ted's story of how he completed his PhD at Harvard in two years is pure blarney."

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reify \REE-eh-fy\ (verb) - To perceive or portray an abstract object as a real one.

"The second hindrance to objectivity is the ubiquitous tendency to reify the word, to assume the word itself somehow carries its own ...Read More

serendipity \se-rehn-dip-i-tee\ (noun) - The act of making a fortunate discovery by capricious or quixotic accidence or such accidence (fortuity) itself.

"Rick had not breathed a word about his plans to learn C++ and yet ...Read More

bridewell \BRYD-wel\ (noun) - A prison

"Men arrested for crimes such as trespass, public intoxication, lewdness, and domestic violence could be confined to the demiprison of the bridewell."

After a prison that formerly ...Read More