Peter Sokolowski
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829 appearances
55 recordings
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Aug
Peter Sokolowski’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's Merriam Webster's word of the day for August twenty first.
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Today's word is Rigmarole, spelled R-I-G M A R O L E.
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Rigmarole is a noun.
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It refers to a long, complicated, and annoying process or description.
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Here's the word used in a sentence from the San Diego Union Tribune.
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Over the last ten years or so, I've had an on again, off again relationship with running.
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On the one hand, I love it for the mental benefits.
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My mind always feels clearer after a run, and it can be an escape from the rigmarole of life.
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But on the other hand, it seems that every few years some mild injury befalls me that slows my momentum, or I move to a new city and lose the routine of running at a time and place.
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In the Middle Ages, the term ragaman or
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role was called a ragman role after a fictional king purported to be the author of the verses.
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By the sixteenth century, Ragman and Ragman Roll were being used figuratively to mean a list or catalog.
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Both terms fell out of written use, but Ragman Roll persisted in speech, and in the eighteenth century it resurfaced in writing as Rigmarole.
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with the meaning a succession of confused, meaningless, or foolish statements.
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In the mid nineteenth century, Rigmarole, also spelled Rigamarole, reflecting its common pronunciation, acquired the sense referring to a complex and tedious procedure.
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With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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