Peter Sokolowski
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1,510 appearances
96 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3d ago
Peter Sokolowski’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But unless you're Faulkner, it's best to keep mitigate and militate distinct.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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It's the word of the day for August 2nd.
Today's word is highfalutin, spelled as one word, H-I-G-H-F-A-L-U-T-I-N.
Highfalutin is an adjective.
Someone or something described as highfalutin seems or is trying to seem great or important.
It's the word used in a sentence from the Dallas Morning News.
Standing 787 feet tall, the tower was one of the last of the era, when downtown Dallas' skyline was defined by highfalutin oil execs, bankers, financiers, and the architects who used steel, concrete, and glass to erect opulent monuments to their economic success.
Highfalutin has a fine purpose, to describe pretentious people or language without making the person using it sound, well, pretentious.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
It's the word of the day podcast for August first.
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Today's word is spindrift, spelled as one word, S-P-I-N-D-R-I-F-T.
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Spindrift is a noun.
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It refers to spray blown from waves during a gale, or to fine, wind-borne snow or sand.
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Here's the word used in a sentence from the guardian.
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White capped waves crash far below the cliffs and sweep out to the horizon.
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Spindrift tosses up many rainbows and creamy plumes of sea froth float up and over.
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Spindrift first set sail in English in the early nineteenth century, under Scottish command,
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The Scots had by that point been using speedrift for well over a century.
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