Word of the Day, October 13, 2022

[ ] October 13, 2022 Word of the Day [perambulator]( [Discuss]( Definition: (noun) A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around. Synonyms: [stroller]( [baby buggy]( [pram]( [pushchair]( [go-cart]( [pusher]( [carriage]( Usage: Charlotte is quite spoiled; each of her dolls has its own perambulator, parasol, and wardrobe. Missing Idiom Contest The Free Dictionary has the largest collection of English idioms in the world. But we're always looking for more to add, and we want your help! Every so often we hear from users who have looked up an idiom on The Free Dictionary that it was not found in the database. Maybe it was some expression they heard at work, or some phrase they grew up hearing their grandmother say. If you know an idiom that isn't already defined on The Free Dictionary, [send it to us]( and you might win $150 USD. Complete English Punctuation Rules [Complete English Punctuation Rules] An Amazon Best Seller! 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[More...]( Daily Grammar Lesson Defining Irregular Adverbs [Discuss]( Irregular adverbs are adverbs that are not formed from standard English spelling conventions. Because they do not follow the "rules," there is no trick to using them: you simply have to memorize them. "Fast" and "good" are examples of irregular adverbs. What are others? [More...]( This Day in History PLoS Publishes Open Access Scientific Journal (2003) [Discuss]( The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit open-access scientific publishing project aimed at creating a library of scientific journals and other scientific literature under an open content license. Therefore, PLoS journals are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License. PLoS began as a petition urging scientists to stop submitting papers to journals that did not make the full text of their papers available within six months. What Nobel Prize winner helped found PLoS? [More...]( Today's Birthday Margaret Thatcher (1925) [Discuss]( The first female prime minister of Great Britain, Thatcher served longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th century. She is noted for policies that dismantled many aspects of Britain's postwar welfare state and privatized many state-run industries. Her introduction of a controversial "poll tax" met with widespread public disapproval and contributed, along with internal party disputes over European integration, to her 1990 resignation. Why was she called the "Iron Lady"? [More...]( Today's Holiday International Cervantes Festival [Discuss]( Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright [Miguel de Cervantes]( (1547-1616), best known for [Don Quixote]( (1605), is honored in a three-week festival held in [Guanajuato]( Mexico, featuring orchestral music, opera, theater, dance, film and folklore. Although most festival events are held in the Teatro Juarez and the Teatro Principal, amateur Mexican actors often give street performances of Cervantes's famous one-act plays in the Plaza de San Roque. Various musical performances are a popular attraction, as are art exhibits, children's theater, and folkloric dance ensembles. [More...]( Quote of the Day [Discuss]( A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. [W. Somerset Maugham]( (1874-1965) Mobile apps from TheFreeDictionary.com [The Free Dictionary Classic Free App] The classic free version, downloaded more than 6 million times! - Multiple dictionaries, encyclopedias, and thesauruses in one place. - 14 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. - Online translations of English into more than 40 languages, plus dozens of other translation options. 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