An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LIRK
Etymology 1
Verb
lirk (third-person singular simple present lirks, present participle lirking, simple past and past participle lirked)
(transitive, UK dialectal) To jerk.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To crease; rumple; cause to hang in loose folds.
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To become creased or wrinkled.
Etymology 2
Noun
lirk (plural lirks)
(transitive, UK dialectal) A crease; rumple; fold.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) A fold in the skin; a wrinkle.
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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