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Smombies, Schmoos and Parennials: These were 2018's weirdest new words

Former QI reseacher and philologist Adam Jacot de Boinod gives us a rundown of his favourite neologisms from 2018

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Smombies, Schmoos and Parennials: These were 2018's weirdest new words

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