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WORD DAILY
Vocabulary β 6:00 AM IST
Subscribe with @zion worddaily subscription . Zion reads the Word-of-the-Day newsletter from Gmail over IMAP, extracts the word, definition, and example, then drops a polished line into WhatsApp every morning.
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[Zion] π Word of the Day
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EPHEMERAL
/ΙͺΛfΙm(Ι)r(Ι)l/
(adj) lasting for a very short time.
Example:
'The ephemeral beauty of cherry
blossoms makes them all the more
precious.'
Origin: Greek ephΔmeros
(lasting only a day)
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NEO
π± 6 AM β morning read
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CRON 6 AM IST
worddaily.py
worddaily.py
IMAP fetch + parse
format for WhatsApp
fetch latest email
GMAIL IMAP
Word of Day newsletter
HTML / text body
dedupe by Message-ID
β parser pipeline
βοΈ
PARSE
word Β· definition
example + origin
[Zion] message body
π‘ Bridge
POST /api/send
subscribers only
β π Word lands on WhatsApp
Subscribe:
@zion worddaily subscription
βοΈ Oracle Cloud VM β TheBoss cron
Everything Inside Word Daily
The daily word is the sun β components radiate out
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WORD DAILY
SOURCE
trusted inbox
Gmail IMAP
Word of Day newsletter
App password / OAuth
HTML + plain text parts
PARSING
structure extraction
Headword + POS
Definition paragraph
Usage example sentence
Etymology when present
DELIVERY
WhatsApp timing
6:00 AM IST push
Subscriber filter
[Zion] π branding
Bridge /api/send
SUBSCRIBE
opt-in command
@zion worddaily subscription
Stored in subscribers DB
Unsubscribe supported
Neo + family opt-in
KEY FILE
implementation
TheBoss/worddaily.py
Cron on Ampere VM
Secrets in env / keyring
Logs + retry on IMAP
Tech Stack
Runtime Python 3 β cron on Oracle VM
Schedule Cron 6:00 AM IST
Source Gmail IMAP β Word of the Day newsletter email
Parsing Extract word, definition, usage example, origin
Subscribe @zion worddaily subscription
Delivery WhatsApp Bridge β formatted [Zion] message
Key File TheBoss/worddaily.py
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π WORD DAILY
[Zion] π Word of the Day
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EPHEMERAL
/ΙͺΛfΙm(Ι)r(Ι)l/
(adj) lasting for a very short time.
Example:
'The ephemeral beauty of cherry blossoms makes them all the more precious.'
Origin: Greek ephΔmeros (lasting only a day)
6:00 AM ββ
@zion worddaily subscription β
β¨ Auto-delivered Β· no command