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| You might have already hurkle-durkled this week. |
| Hurkle-durkle might be the silliest word ever, but it could be the missing step in your self-care. |
| Hurkle-durkling simply means to linger in bed long past the time when you “should” already be up. It’s a Scottish term dating back to the 1800s—-originally having more to do with sitting in a crouching position either for warmth or secrecy, but eventually taking on a more relaxed and positive connotation. |
| It’s a word that only the biggestetymologyenthusiast would know, had it not been plucked from obscurity thanks to TikTok. |
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| It didn’t go as he expected. |
| Engagement tradition in the United States largely around the ring as an outward symbol of commitment, traditionally displayed as a singular diamond. Though the diamond engagement ring technically dates back to the 1400s in Rome, a De Beers ad campaign in 1947 that declared, “Diamonds are forever,” equated diamonds with marriage in our collective psyches for the better part of the last century. |
| For some grooms, the size of the “rock” is also a status symbol, showing either how much you can afford or how much of a sacrifice you’re willing to make for your bride. |
| But as one man found out when he tried to upgrade his wife’s engagement ring, the size of the diamond isn’t what some women value at all. |
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