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Sesquipedalian
Adj sesquipedal or sesquipedalian (of objects or words) a foot and a half long — of words, very long and pedantic. [L. sesqui — semisque —semis, half a unit, que, and] © Chambers Concise Dictionary 1991 Hello 2018! Woke up with that word floating about my head. I have always liked its rhythm, and I…
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Do be do be do..
be do be doobie.. * I have ranted before about the exploitation of collectors, be it of stamps, coins, used tea bags, whatever. The issuing bodies are milking it dry these days. I was about to launch into this one again tonight, when I came home to another advice note for new stamps here in…
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Stamp of approval
The next set of special stamps due to be issued by the Royal Mail will celebrate Magical Realms – I never thought I would ever see Nanny Ogg* (a witch in the realm of Discworld, created by Sir Terry Pratchett) on a stamp, let alone Tilda Swinton, albeit in her guise as the Snow Queen…