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After scanning CE for interesting words for over two years I have been impressed with the level of intelligence of many of the people that post regularly. Sometimes an interesting word stands out, and other times it takes a while to find something that can be considered interesting. Considering the source it is not unusual to have a word that was used as a word of the day previously. At times the word of the day is found in an article that is quoted or other quoted source. If you see an interesting word being used on CE please mention me in the topic.

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Today's word is null.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/null

Did You Know?

Adjective

English borrowed "null" from the Anglo-French nul, meaning "not any." That word, in turn, traces to the Latin word nullus, from ne-, meaning "not," and ullus, meaning "any." "Null" often pops up in legal and scientific contexts. It was originally used in Scottish law and still carries the meaning "having no legal or binding force." In math, it is sometimes used to mean "containing nothing"; for example, the set of all whole numbers that are divisible by zero is the "null set" (that is, there are no numbers that fit that description). But "null" also has some more general uses. We often use it with the meaning "lacking meaning or value" (as in "by the time I heard it, the news was null").

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Null (and its clone void) is for when the difference between isset and and empty are important.

That's what a friend of mine describes the patch below her penis after she got an orchiectomy.

Used in a sentence: she has a very attractive null patch.

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@gunplagirl
I wish orchiectomy had more than just the definition. Except for a definition the information for orhiectomy is null. It is still an interesting word, maybe I should use that tomorrow.
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