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Time magazine article used the word "fissiparous". Has anyone heard of this word

It used it casually like the reader is supposed to be famili...
Khaki address nibblets
  05/08/25
Oh the article is from 1965 lol. We have really devolved htt...
Khaki address nibblets
  05/08/25
that's one of the SAT words from back in the day, like 'adum...
Tantric pearl philosopher-king
  05/08/25
full of fissures, right? I feel like this came up in high s...
crawly cheese-eating fat ankles crackhouse
  05/08/25


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Date: May 8th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Khaki address nibblets

It used it casually like the reader is supposed to be familiar. I am well read and have never encountered it IIRC. Don't mind it though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5722271&forum_id=2Elisa#48914679)



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Date: May 8th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Khaki address nibblets

Oh the article is from 1965 lol. We have really devolved https://time.com/archive/6636013/protestants-conversion-in-latin-america/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5722271&forum_id=2Elisa#48914687)



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Date: May 8th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Tantric pearl philosopher-king

that's one of the SAT words from back in the day, like 'adumbrate.' i rarely see it 'in the wild,' but my brief mental note was "fizzles apart easily."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5722271&forum_id=2Elisa#48914689)



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Date: May 8th, 2025 3:44 PM
Author: crawly cheese-eating fat ankles crackhouse

full of fissures, right? I feel like this came up in high school biology

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5722271&forum_id=2Elisa#48914690)