📒 Word of the Day: Banter🧠 Meaning: Light, playful, and often witty conversation or teasing between friends. It’s usually good-natured and mutual.🔎 Etymology: The origin is uncertain, but it first appeared in 17th-century English as slang meaning “to ridicule playfully.” Some believe it may come from old London street slang or perhaps a now-lost dialectal word.✨ Fun Fact: In British English, "banter" is a cultural staple. Brits often use it as a social bonding tool. Saying someone has "good banter" means they're fun, quick-witted, and socially sharp. In fact, “lad banter” became a whole social trend in the UK — not always positively viewed, depending on the context!Example sentence:"I love hanging out with them — the banter is always hilarious!"(Spanish: ¡Me encanta salir con ellos — las bromas siempre son graciosísimas!)¿Do you have a similar concept in your language?
📒 Word of the Day: Linger🧠 Meaning: To stay in a place or moment longer than expected, often because you don’t want to leave.🔎 Etymology: From Old English "lengan" (to prolong or delay), related to the word "long" — as in, to long for something or someone.✨ Fun Fact: "Linger" often appears in emotional contexts — love songs, poetry, or nostalgic memories. The 90s band The Cranberries even had a hit song called “Linger.”Example sentence: “The scent of her perfume lingered in the room after she left.”(Spanish: “El aroma de su perfume permaneció en la habitación después de que se fue.”)¿Do you have a similar one in your language?
📒 Word of the Day: Savvy🧠 Meaning: Practical knowledge or understanding. 🔎 Etymology: From Spanish "sabe" ("he/she knows"), from Latin "sapere" ("to be wise"). ✨ Fun Fact: Pirates in movies often say “Savvy?” to mean “Do you get it?”Example sentence: "She’s very tech-savvy — she fixed my laptop in 10 minutes!" (Spanish: "Ella es muy hábil con la tecnología: ¡arregló mi portátil en 10 minutos!")¿Do you have a similar one in your language?
«Birds of a feather flock together»This is a fun phrase popular in the North part of the US. Basically it means that people of similar character, background, or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another.And also it easily describes one cool Machine Learning algorythm called “K-nearest neighbor”.Sabes una frase similar en español?😊
Recientemente descubrí que cuando acaricias a un gato, tu cuerpo genera oxitocina, la hormona de la felicidad. ¿Recibiste tu dosis de oxitocina hoy?:)Recently i found out that when you pet a cat, your body generates hormone of happiness oxytocin. did you get your dose of oxytocin today?:)
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