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General Category => Words => Topic started by: ridethetalk on October 05, 2022, 03:02:45 PM

Title: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: ridethetalk on October 05, 2022, 03:02:45 PM

GOJI – a type of berry https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/goji (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/goji)

Title: Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: matt on October 06, 2022, 11:48:09 AM

I was also surprised by it not being known. I'd expected it to be common.

Title: Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: ridethetalk on October 06, 2022, 11:52:46 AM

Ditto...

Title: Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: TRex on October 06, 2022, 12:02:02 PM

Never heard of it. Definitely not common in my book.

Title: Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: Roddles on October 06, 2022, 12:25:53 PM

Ditto, Trex.

Title: Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: Alan W on October 27, 2022, 02:27:55 PM

Well, it's fairly obvious that goji shouldn't be classed as a common word: two out of the four forumites who've commented have never heard of the word. Also, the Merriam-Webster identifies it as a less common alternative to goji berry. And my spell checker underlines it.

It seems the word first appeared in English in its present form around 2002, derived from the Chinese gouqi. According to Wiktionary it was a "marketing coinage".

It will be accepted in future as a rare word.

Title: Re: Tuesday 4 October Standard REJOICING puzzle
Post by: ridethetalk on October 27, 2022, 03:32:36 PM

Thanks Alan...  ;D ;D ;D