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Word A Day
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Another
Word A Day
An All-New Romp
through Some of the Most
Unusual and Intriguing
Words in English
Anu Garg
John Wiley & Sons, ... Became Words
(or Places That Became Words) 9
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cadogan
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Oxfordian
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derby
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Yarborough
3 Words Having Origins in Chess 14
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checkmate
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gambit
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stalemate
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31 Kangaroo Words 1 32
indolent
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rapscallion
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amicable
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frangible
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scion
32 What Does That Company Name Mean? 135
cingular
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lucent
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prudential
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vanguard
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suppurate
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orotund
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draggle
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trunnel
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pinnate
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lability
51 Words Borrowed from Native American Languages 20 7
sachem
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wampum
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high-muck -a- muck
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manitou
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powwow
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... the
Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the
Himalayas and Tibet.”
—New York Times
gambit (GAM-bit)
noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri-
ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in
Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.”
—Montreal Gazette
EARLS WHO BECAME WORDS (OR PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS) 11
Whodunit
The battle rages,...
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... Economist
22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
—
CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (19 34 1996)
Hasta Mañana
These three possibilities for the word anon pretty ... from gamba (leg).
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“North Korea will no doubt try to gain maximum advantage by
playing South Korea,America and Japan off against each other.
If it fails to get the result—and the cash...
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... Economist
32 ANOTHER WORD A DAY
Never attribute to malice that which can be
adequately explained by stupidity.
—
HANLON’S RAZOR
Bard Bettered
Several years ago, I heard a delightful story about Isaac Bashe-
vis ... other language, and that some
words were in fact untranslatable. As an example Singer
picked the word chutzpah,saying that its being an untranslat-
able word he was...
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... mittere.
38 ANOTHER WORD A DAY
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
—
W. C. F IELDS, comedian (1880–19 46)
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hat do a magazine and an albatross have in ... lasche (slack), ultimately from
Latin laxare (to loosen).
When you admire the “lush” decor of an apartment, sign a
“lease,” simply “relax,” or use a “laxative,” you are employing...
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... this [AAA] card as a talisman against auto-
motive calamity should know that, in doing so, they lend sup-
port to an agenda in favor of road building, against pollution
control and even auto-safety ... auto-safety measures—that helps deepen the
automotive calamity afflicting the nation as a whole.”
—Harper’s Magazine
WORDS BORROWED FROM ARABIC 47
I have always imagined that paradise will...
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... incident
was characterized as gang activity, ‘probably drug-related.’
Mason winced at the words. The line had grown to be a bad
joke around the mission,the explanation they almost always got
whenever a ... goujon.
62 ANOTHER WORD A DAY
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
—
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, composer (1770– 182 7)
Side-hill Gudgeon
Ever hear of a side-hill gu...
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... from the
Latin word caput (head). Such words are called cognates.
On the other hand, we have false cognates, also known as false
friends. These are words that appear to be related but have com-
pletely ... and father of Laurene, Miriam,Tycko,Timothy,
Sarabeth, Marie, Dawnita,Anna Leah,Alexander, and Caleb.
Clearly, my wife is neither impregnable nor inconceivable—
and she certainly is beara...
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... is hard to take, particularly from a relative,
a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
—
FRANKLIN P. J ONES,businessman (1887–1929)
Mark It!
Marketing is to sales as foreplay is to sex, as courtship ... time and it had finally arrived. It was obvious she was excited
as she threw sand balls at me. I wondered aloud,“What if we had a
birthday every month?” She countered,“What if we had...
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... out”). One day he was ranting and raving
about an exaggerated claim made by his archrival, Louis B.
Mayer. Mayer had said that his studio, MGM, had more stars
than the sky. Goldwyn demanded to ... of a medial
syllable, as in people who say ‘realator’ instead of ‘realtor.’”
—Chicago Sun-Times
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...
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... remedial value for what is causing the problem.
From Latin placebo (I shall please), from Latin placere (to please).
What does placebo have in common with placid, plea, pleasant,or
complacent? All ... as ENT.
● “‘Marvin’s Room’ is so loaded up with terminal illnesses that it
has as much nosology as narrative: there are paralysing strokes,
mental illness, asphyxiation, leukaemia, senility and...
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... from
the same Latin root (salire) are sally, somersault, insult,result,and saute.
● “Sarabands that can charm a saltant chap at a danza . . .”
—Christian Bök, Eunoia
conurbation (kon-uhr-BAY-shuhn)
noun ... the valley
boundaries and eliminating day- use auto touring.”
—Sierra
plausive (PLAW-ziv, -siv)
adjective Applauding.
From Latin plaus-, past participle of plaudere (to applaud). Othe...
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alembic, 44
ambit, 67
ambsace, 76
amesace, 76
amicable, 133
amigo, 212
amphigory, 29
amphigouri, 29
anon, 22
antebellum, 193
aporia, 99
apparat, 155
archimage, 184
armada, 214
assize, 89
assoil, ... Greece
Eesti: Estonia
Alemanha: Portuguese for Germany
Kanada: German for Canada
Litwa: Polish for Lithuania
Inglaterra: Spanish for England
Statunitense: Italian for United States
Nouvelle-Zéla...
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