Today's word: scugways (adv.) clandestinely; with a hidden purpose or ulterior motive.

According to Wikipedia, even though the Black Widow spider gets its name from the idea of the female cannibalising the male after coitus, the practice is quite rare (although it does happen). This is not the case with the closely related Australian Red Back spider, where it's more the rule than the exception.

Of course, this is all just about spiders :)

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My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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