Awkward –
what a lovely word that is, noble possessor of a rare and precious
wkw 1. See how the three consonants lurk behind the a,
ready to trip up Anglophone tongues unaccustomed to its pouting
qualities. Fittingly, the word is derived from perhaps an even more
awkward adjective, the Old Norse afugr, meaning ‘turned the wrong
way’ (and if you should turn it the wrong way, it’s …
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