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universal grinder n

(linguistics) A notional mechanism whereby countable nouns are made uncountable. We are having a holoalphabetic month—each day features a term starting with a different letter of the alphabet (and two numbers)! Today is International Mother Language Day, which was established in 1999 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

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