LXer: Generate a "Word of the day" wallpaper on Linux

LXer · 03-23-2023, 08:51 AM

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The best way to learn new words and phrases is to use them actively. The next-best way to learn new words is to be exposed to them as much as possible. And since the wallpaper that adorns my graphical desktop environment is what I stare at most of my waking hours, I thought that it'd only make sense to add words and phrases I want to memorize there.

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jmccue · 03-23-2023, 09:37 AM

Interesting, If you have WordNet installed it should be an easy mod to use WordNet instead of your own word list. Just the words that come with spell(1).

Code:

% wn `shuffle < wordlist | head -n 1` -over

Overview of verb tyrannize

The verb tyrannize has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
                                    
1. tyrannize, tyrannise, grind down -- (rule a country as a tyrant)
2. tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer -- (rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her")