HAHA

Etymology 1

Interjection

haha (with as many extra ‘ha’s as needed for emphasis)

An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.

Etymology 2

Noun

haha

Type of boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, designed not to interrupt the view and to be invisible until closely approached.

Source: Wiktionary


Ha-ha", n. Etym: [See Haw-haw.]

Definition: A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it. [Written also haw-haw.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 April 2025

APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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