PEGGY

Etymology 1

Noun

peggy (plural peggies)

Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

peggy (plural peggies)

(UK, naval slang) The petty officers' mess steward.

Etymology

Proper noun

Peggy (plural Peggys or Peggies)

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, also used as a formal given name.

(cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that supplies a proof.

Coordinate term: Victor

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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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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