Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square304fedilinkarrow-up1361arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1356arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square304fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Jordan117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish76•3 months agoPetrichor: The smell of rain on dry ground. One of those things everybody knows about but lacks a word for.
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederationlinkfedilink4•3 months agoI learned about this in Amsterdam’s Groote Museum today, huh
minus-square@buddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-23 months agoIt’s funny, literally every Doctor Who fan knows this word and what it means thanks to Neil Gaiman.
Petrichor: The smell of rain on dry ground. One of those things everybody knows about but lacks a word for.
Apparently Streptomyces are the cause.
I learned about this in Amsterdam’s Groote Museum today, huh
It’s funny, literally every Doctor Who fan knows this word and what it means thanks to Neil Gaiman.