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Dr Barry Pennock-Speck
Book Presentation
Along with the editor of the collection, Luis Valera, I presented the book entitled: Las primeras palabras de la humanidad written by my friend and colleague Xaverio Ballester
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- OED word of the day
- Dunstable, n. and adj.OED Word of the Day: Dunstable, n. In plain Dunstable: simple, direct, or honest speech or language; plain speaking; (with the) the unvarnished truth
- badmash, n.OED Word of the Day: badmash, n. A scoundrel, a rogue; a miscreant; a hooligan, a ruffian
- precariat, n.OED Word of the Day: precariat, n. People whose employment, income, and living standards are insecure or precarious; such people considered collectively as a social class
- ruvid, adj.OED Word of the Day: ruvid, adj. Rough, uneven, rugged
- pleroma, n.OED Word of the Day: pleroma, n. A state or condition of absolute fullness or plenitude
- noodledom, n.OED Word of the Day: noodledom, n. Foolishness, stupidity; an instance of this
- winter dyke n.OED Word of the Day: winter dyke, n. A hinged upright frame on which clothes are hung to air or dry indoors; a clothes horse
- Dunstable, n. and adj.