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  "description": "The word for today is…\n\nfillip (verb, noun) -\n\nverb\n1a: to suddenly and forcibly straighten (a finger curled up against the thumb) as a way of gesturing or striking\nb: to strike or tap by filliping\n2: to project quickly by or as if by filliping\n3: stimulate\n\nnoun\n1a: a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb\nb: a short sharp blow : buffet\n2: something tending to arouse or excite: such as\na: stimulus\nb: a trivial addition : embellishment\nc",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T18:15:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The word for today is…\n\nfillip (verb, noun) -\n\n_verb_\n1a: to suddenly and forcibly straighten (a finger curled up against the thumb) as a way of gesturing or striking\nb: to strike or tap by filliping\n2: to project quickly by or as if by filliping\n3: stimulate\n\n _noun_\n1a: a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb\nb: a short sharp blow : buffet\n2: something tending to arouse or excite: such as\na: stimulus\nb: a trivial addition : embellishment\nc: a significant and often unexpected development : wrinkle\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : Like flip and flick, fillip is considered a phonetic imitation of the sharp release of a curled-up finger aimed to strike something. Language history suggests that people were filliping in the 15th-century, well before they were flipping and flicking. Specifically, fillip describes a strike or gesture made by the sudden straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb—a motion commonly referred to as a flick. It didn't take long before the sensational stinging smartness of filliping was extended to figurative use. \"I mark this in our old Mogul's wine; it's quite as deadening to some as filliping to others,\" observes Herman Melville's Dutch sailor of wine's \"stimulating\" effect in Moby Dick.\n\n**_If you enjoyed this Good Oil word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children._**",
  "title": "The Good Oil Word of the Day",
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