DISEMVOWEL

Etymology

Verb

disemvowel (third-person singular simple present disemvowels, present participle disemvoweling or disemvowelling, simple past and past participle disemvoweled or disemvowelled)

(transitive, sometimes, humorous) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.

Anagrams

• demiwolves, view models

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

15 May 2025

PARSIMONIOUS

(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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