Learning New Words
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (171528)
Boise, Idaho
February 17, 2025 3:24pm CST
I love the English language. It is actually several language fused together. My ex and I used to play a game where we would open the dictionary, find an interesting word and then share it.
Today I came across a word I found interesting and wanted to share it. That word is 'chimera'. It is an imaginary monster compounded of unharmonious parts. It also means an illusion or fabrication of the mind.
This word was used to describe the term Trump falsely uses: Make America Great Again
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@lilacskies (4502)
• United States
17 Feb
Interesting. I've never heard of that word before.
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@lilacskies (4502)
• United States
17 Feb
@celticeagle I looked it up to see how it's pronounced. It sounds really pretty.
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Feb
@lilacskies .........It could be a girls name.
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@RasmaSandra (82566)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Feb
That is an interesting word. Thank you for sharing,
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@popciclecold (39823)
• United States
17 Feb
Nevee heard it before. Thanks for the share.
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@RebeccasFarm (92064)
• United States
18 Feb
Lovely never heard it before thanks.
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@DaddyEvil (141809)
• United States
17 Feb
A chimera is also a person who is made up of two different people. (When a twin absorbs most of their other twin in the womb. The baby can have different DNA in different parts of their body. Like when a woman has babies but they aren't genetically related to her. It's a very odd thing to happen and very rare, too.)
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Feb
That does sound odd and very interesting. I think I found that in any of the definitions I read.
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@DaddyEvil (141809)
• United States
18 Feb
@celticeagle Very odd. I read one article about a woman who had her children taken away because they weren't biologically hers. It took a lot of tests before the court would believe she gave birth to them.
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Feb
@DaddyEvil ........Makes me wonder what made this occur in the body.
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@aninditasen (16693)
• Raurkela, India
18 Feb
Is Trump trying to create an illusion of making America great.
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Feb
No, he is creating what he wants America to be, not what the people want.
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@aninditasen (16693)
• Raurkela, India
20 Feb
@celticeagle He can't do that for long.
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@GardenGerty (162238)
• United States
18 Feb
There is always a lot we can learn. I knew that term, but I am sure there are many I do not know.
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@allknowing (140995)
• India
18 Feb
Interesting word and all the more as it is used to describe Trump's false hope "Make America Great Again"
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@celticeagle (171528)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Feb
That's a good thing to do. I used to but quit for some reason.
@xander6464 (44776)
• Wapello, Iowa
18 Feb
That is a perfect way to describe MAGA.
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