CHIRREN

Etymology

Spelling representing a Black or Southern U.S. pronunciation of children.

Noun

chirren

(Southern US, African-American Vernacular) plural of chile (child).

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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