WHAIKORERO

Etymology

Noun

whaikorero (uncountable)

(NZ) formal speechmaking in the Māori culture

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; ā€œdid you catch that allusion?ā€; ā€œWe caught something of his theory in the lectureā€; ā€œdon’t catch your meaningā€; ā€œdid you get it?ā€; ā€œShe didn’t get the jokeā€; ā€œI just don’t get himā€


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Coffee Trivia

The expression ā€œcoffee breakā€ was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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