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Someone Having a Bad Day at Dictonary.com?

Being a notoriously incorrigible word geek, one RSS feed I check every day is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day. (Here’s the feed.)

….But this week, I’m a little concerned. I’m wondering whether the editor of this fine service is having a really bad week.

Here’s what I mean: Today (Sunday), the word of the day is execrable: 1. Deserving to be execreted; detestable; abominable. 2. Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior.

Hmmmm… Looking back over the past week, other potential cries for help appear…