Had a couple of episodes of this occur myself of late ... cue expletives being emitted when I see words I've missed that in the past I'd find virtually on autopilot ...

I suspect that shingles episode has something to do with this ...

Are toing and froing in the Chi database?

Might be worth considering their inclusion if not, even if they're only added as rare words ...

Even if this had occurred to me, I would have dismissed it as falling foul of the regular plural nouns rule ... which is probably why It's listed as "unknown".

Anyone who lived through what was, with massive understatement, labelled "The Troubles" here in the UK, is familiar with a wide range of names of explosives that were used in bombs by groups such as the IRA. Gelignite was an early choice, along with ANFO (a mix of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, hence the initials - check out the recent explosion in Beirut to see how devastating anything involving ammonium nitrate in quantity can be).

Later on, the IRA acquired Semtex - a powerful plastic explosive that could deliver widespread destruction in much smaller quantities, and hence allow the construction of compact, easily concealed but lethally effective bombs. The emergence of Semtex on the terrorist landscape concentrated political minds in an ominous manner.

Anyone outside the UK unfamiliar with this period, can be pointed at several key incidents that bring home how the British public came to know more about high explosives than it wished to. The Brighton Hotel Bombing (an attempt by the IRA to wipe out the government during the Tory Party conference) and the high street bombing in Warrington (just 8 miles from my home) spring to mind here.

30 years of that sort of activity leaves a lasting impression on the public that lived through it.

Heh, wouldn't you know it, one has been hiding in plain sight all along before me!

There's a nasty disease called "Neon Tetra Disease", that affects these fish, and its caused by a single celled (and free swimming) aquatic fungus called Pleistophora hyphessobryconis, one of the Microsporidians.

If this attacks your Neon Tetras, they're dead. No cure yet exists, and the disease destroys the fish from the inside out in about 2 to 3 weeks. Lingering, painful death for the fish. Humane euthanising is the only option.

Thanks to molecular phylogeny, there's been a big upheaval in the world of protists, which now includes organisms that you wouldn't think of as being closely related at first sight. But, apparently, the closest relative to some single celled brown algae is Kelp, which grows to be anything up to 500 feet in length!

There's some weird organisms been regrouped as fungi as well. The curious will find much hilarity awaits.

Interesting to see numerous other people mention Target word games as their run up to finding this website (both the game and the accompanying forum). Which I cited as part of my journey the last time the "how did you get here?" question did the rounds.

Interesting to note that I'm now on my 8th year of tenure here.

The forum has also provided me with an enjoyable window into the bird life several here love so much, along with some at times hilarious excursions into etymology, and the emergence of some eyebrow raising facts connected to word game queries.

There's also the eternal question of how much members with cartoon avatars resemble said avatars in real life ...

Wait ... steam cleaning female genitalia?

That sounds to me like a recipe for a lot of trips to hospital on the part of whoever does this.

Sounds more like a sadistic form of torture devised by a pathological misogynist than something a woman would do voluntarily ...

Thinly sliced meat fried in breadcrumbs.