Peter Sokolowski
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829 appearances
55 recordings
1 series
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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All of these words suggest an emptiness of space or else a fleeing of people or things from one place to another.
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Vacuous appeared in English in the middle of the 1600s, at first literally describing something that was empty.
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Centuries later, it acquired its figurative usage, describing one who is lacking any substance of the mind.
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With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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It's the word of the day for August thirteenth.
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Today's word is salvo, spelled SALVO.
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Salvo is a noun.
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In military contexts, salvo refers to various actions involving discharge or release of bombs, rockets, or artillery, as well as to the bombs or projectiles released in such an action.
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In general use, salvo is usually used to refer to a strong or sudden verbal attack, but it can also refer to a sudden occurrence of applause or laughter from many people.
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Here's the word used in a sentence from Pitchfork.
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Nass dropped Ilmatic, his unimpeachable opening salvo when he was only twenty, taking a haunted stroll through his Queensbridge adolescence on memory lane, an undercurrent of nostalgia weaves throughout his thirty year discography.
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No opening salvo here.
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Salvo in phrases like an opening salvo is a kind of attack, especially one that is strong or sudden.
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Usually such salvos are verbal attacks, like a critical remark aimed at a debate opponent, or a pointed accusation at the start of an editorial.
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But Salvo can also refer to attacks of a more perilous kind, including various martial actions involving bombs, rockets, and artillery.
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It can also refer to the bombs or projectiles released in a salvo.
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The word arrived from Italian in the late fifteen hundreds with a complex meaning.
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It referred to a simultaneous discharge of two or more guns, either in military action or as a
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salute.
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