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- noun obsolete
discontentment ;sorrow ;unhappiness
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I’m really trying to figure out an alternative to wofare, which is an archaic term for sorrow, and was originally the opposite of “welfare.”
Think Progress » Pelosi: Congress Will Not Fund Escalation If Bush Does Not Justify It 2007
ry commented on the word wofare
cf. welfare
July 21, 2019
bilby commented on the word wofare
Warfare causes wofare...or is it the other way around?
August 13, 2021