Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2012/November

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bone-eating snot flower worm n

(biology) A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea

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Streisand effect n

A phenomenon in which attempting to suppress an item of information attracts even more unwanted attention, thus furthering its dissemination

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rhubarb rhubarb n

(chiefly UK, film) Background noise of several "conversations," none of which are decipherable since all the actors are actually just repeating the word rhubarb (chosen because it contains no very sharp or recognisable phonemes), or other words with similar attributes. (chiefly UK) Blah blah; etc, etc

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scriptorium n

A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery

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