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  "description": "The word for today is…\n\nnotch (noun, verb) -\n\nnoun\n1a: a V-shaped indentation\nb: a slit made to serve as a record\nc: a rounded indentation cut into the pages of a book on the edge opposite the spine\n2: a deep close pass : gap\n3: degree, step\n\nverb\n1: to cut or make a notch in\n2a: to mark or record by a notch\nb: score, achieve — sometimes used with up\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Occasionally, you might hear a child ask for a \"napple,\" as in \"I would like a napple,\" mistaking the phrase",
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  "textContent": "The word for today is…\n\nnotch (noun, verb) -\n\n_noun_\n1a: a V-shaped indentation\nb: a slit made to serve as a record\nc: a rounded indentation cut into the pages of a book on the edge opposite the spine\n2: a deep close pass : gap\n3: degree, step\n\n _verb_\n1: to cut or make a notch in\n2a: to mark or record by a notch\nb: score, achieve — sometimes used with up\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Occasionally, you might hear a child ask for a \"napple,\" as in \"I would like a napple,\" mistaking the phrase \"an apple\" for \"a napple.\" A similar error is believed to be behind notch, which may have resulted from a misdivision of \"an otch.\" (Otch is a noun that is assumed to have existed in earlier English as a borrowing of Middle French oche, meaning \"an incision made to keep a record.\") Notch would not be alone in developing from such a mistake. The words newt and nickname were formed, respectively, from misdivisions of \"an ewte\" and \"an ekename.\" Going in the other direction, umpire first appears in Middle English as oumpere, a mistaken rendering of \"a noumpere.\"\n\n**_If you enjoyed this Good Oil word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children._**",
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