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Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2011masticate \MAS-tih-kayt\, transitive verb: 1. To grind or crush with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, "to masticate food." intransitive verb: Honestly, folks, the people at the next table ordered the same dish, and I watched as a young couple tried in vain to masticate those fossilized pieces of "toast." Their powerful jaws allow hyenas to masticate not only flesh and entrails, but bones, horns, and even the teeth of their prey. In 1820, Thomas Hancock invented a machine that could masticate, mix and soften rubber. The middle ear gives us our sound bite, our capacity to masticate without being forced to turn a momentarily deaf ear to the world, as most other vertebrates are. Masticate comes from the past participle of Late Latin masticare, "to chew," from Greek mastichan, "to gnash the teeth." The noun form is mastication. | |||||||||
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  How did the speech disorder "stuttering" get its name, and what does it literally mean? "The King's Speech" garnered four golden statues at this year's Academy Awards ceremony, including the Oscar for Best Actor for Colin Firth's riveting portrayal of King George VI. The film's depiction of George VI's lifelong struggle with stuttering has brought a renewed awareness to the speech disorder that affects over sixty-eight million people worldwide. What... | |||||||||
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