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Ingurgitate - Word of the Day - Wed Jan 29, 2020

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Ingurgitate - (verb) - to swallow greedily or in large quantities: guzzle

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Teenagers in stories on Nifty are well known for ingurgitating large quantities of... well... if you don't know, I'm not going to be the one to let that cat out of the bag.

For more information - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ingurgitate?s=t

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drpaladin

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It immediately brings regurgitate to mind. 

 

 

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Aditus

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Now I'm curious: What's gurgitate?

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drpaladin

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5 hours ago, aditus said:

Now I'm curious: What's gurgitate?

Gurgitation  - a boiling or surging of a liquid : usually violent ebullition. a boiling or surging of a liquid : usually violent ebullition

Gurgitate itself means basically the same as ingurgitate, but it's an old usage and rare.

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On 1/29/2020 at 3:48 PM, drpaladin said:

Gurgitation  - a boiling or surging of a liquid : usually violent ebullition. a boiling or surging of a liquid : usually violent ebullition

Gurgitate itself means basically the same as ingurgitate, but it's an old usage and rare.

And ingurgitate is commonly used? 🙂

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drpaladin

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22 minutes ago, Paqman said:

And ingurgitate is commonly used? 🙂

Compared to a 17th century word, yes.

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