{"id":19943,"date":"2025-05-30T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19943"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T00:56:22","slug":"words-seldom-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19943","title":{"rendered":"Words Seldom Seen: Merch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Merch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noun: a shortened version of the word “merchandise,” referring to goods. Especially those related to an event, star or brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: “The types of merch available for the concert were mind boggling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pronounciation: Merch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first usages of the word “merch” were in the early 1980’s. So for those of you over 40 you were present at the birth of a new word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Both of the photos are from our trip to the Texas Hill country last month. The first is a cultivated field of wild flowers looking at a vineyard. Yes Texas has a growing wine region. The second is a view of the sunset over the Guadalupe River where we ate a wonderful dinner with our old friends B and K. K is writing a book called The Wildcatter’s Wife<\/em> which I will shamelessly promote when she publishes. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Postcrossing.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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