Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-square304fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1353arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square304fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Jordan117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish74•6 months agoPetrichor: The smell of rain on dry ground. One of those things everybody knows about but lacks a word for.
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederationlinkfedilink4•6 months agoI learned about this in Amsterdam’s Groote Museum today, huh
minus-square@buddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-26 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.