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		petepete 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzz... I'd agree. I got stuck after getting SYRUP because I just assumed YACK wasn't a word.

I_complete_me 7 months ago [–]

FYI

yack n 1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}]

      v 1: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {jaw}, {yack
           away}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]

petepete 7 months ago | [–]

Yeah I thought it was just a slang term. It's not a common word in Britain at all.

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