Toby Overstreet Word of the Day Word Nerd Alert: Misoneism August 21, 2026 1 min read Print Noun misoneism : a hatred, fear, or intolerance of innovation or change Connect & Share Enjoyed this? Get new posts in your inbox. Follow Email RSS JSON Share Micro.blog Bluesky Mastodon Copy link ✍️ Reply by email Type your Mastodon instance — it'll be remembered next time: Go Join the conversation More like this Word of the Day Word Nerd Alert: Appropinquate Verb appropinquate : to approach; to near. 22 Aug Word of the Day Word Nerd Alert: Collywobbles Noun collywobbles : (informal, mainly humorous) Stomach pain or queasiness. : Intense anxiety or nervousness, especially with stomach … 20 Aug Word of the Day Word Nerd Alert: Spitballing "My initial speculation was that maybe they’d hide invisible non-printing Unicode characters in the text. Just spitballing. Turns out that’s … 19 Aug Word of the Day Word Alert: Idempotent "Say 'idempotent' one more time," I recently dared a computer I pay for. And, then it did. hotdogsladies@mastodon.social Go to text → … 18 Aug Word of the Day Word Nerd Alert: Exigent Adjective exigent 1 : requiring immediate aid or action “exigent circumstances” 2 : requiring or calling for much : demanding “an exigent … 17 Aug Word of the Day Word Nerd Alert: Diffident Adjective diffident 1 : hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence 2 : reserved, unassertive 3 : distrustful 16 Aug Surprise me →