{"id":5865,"date":"2018-07-04T14:55:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2018-07-04T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:55:15","slug":"word-of-the-week-semelparous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/word-of-the-week-semelparous\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week: semelparous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/word-of-the-week-legerdemain\/dictionary-word-of-the-week-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5040\" src=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dictionary-Word-of-the-Week-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dictionary-Word-of-the-Week-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dictionary-Word-of-the-Week-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dictionary-Word-of-the-Week-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s WOW was phreaker. No one seemed to have a guess for this one and honestly, that&#8217;s a relief to me. I was starting to think my vocabulary was quite limited since many have known the recent Words of the Week! Don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8211;I thoroughly enjoy it whenever you comment and do know it&#8211;it&#8217;s just a relief that occasionally we are both learning a new word!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/phreaker\">Merriam-Webster says about phreaker:<\/a>\u00a0one who gains illegal access to the telephone system. I guess that&#8217;s the phone version of hacker? If so, then I&#8217;m anti-phreak.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s WOW is semelparous. Here are my guesses for it:<\/p>\n<p><strong>semelparous<\/strong> (se-\u02c8mel-p\u0259-r\u0259s) 1. half transparent 2. someone who is semi-enthusiastic about Paris 3. a state that occurs when your pores are only half clogged<\/p>\n<p>What are your guesses for semelparous? Comment below to educate me!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Post:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/log-rhythms-door-debate\/\">Pictures!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You Might Also Like:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/word-of-the-week-phreaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word of the Week: phreaker<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/word-of-the-week-nescience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word of the Week: nescience<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/word-of-the-week-jocose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word of the Week: jocose<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s WOW was phreaker. No one seemed to have a guess for this one and honestly, that&#8217;s a relief to me. I was starting to think my vocabulary was quite limited since many have known the recent Words of the Week! 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