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A. Word. A. Day --androgynic - Wordsmith. org Earliest documented use: 1834 “ [Ernie Trova] created a form that became a totem of the times, the sleek, androgynic Falling Man The figure is featureless, limitlessly reproducible, instantly identifiable, and eventually, and perhaps appropriately, rather commercial ”
A. Word. A. Day --topophilia - Wordsmith. org topophilia PRONUNCIATION: (top-uh-FIL-ee-uh) MEANING: noun: The love for or the emotional connection to a particular place ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the poet John Betjeman (1906-1984), from Greek topo- (place) + -philia (love) Earliest documented use: 1947
A. Word. A. Day --footloose - Wordsmith. org footloose adjective: Free to go or do as one pleases without concerns or commitments From foot, from Old English fot (foot) + loose, from Old Norse laus (loose) Earliest documented use: 1650 “Footloose and fancy-free” is a common pairing Fancy-free here means free of emotional attachment, especially of love
A. Word. A. Day --good-time Charlie - Wordsmith. org From good-time (pleasure-seeking) + Charlie Charley, diminutive of Charles Earliest documented use: 1925 USAGE: “George Harris Hees was simply too flashy, too good-looking, and too much a good-time Charlie to be taken seriously ”
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A. Word. A. Day --splendiferous - Wordsmith. org See more usage examples of splendiferous in Vocabulary com’s dictionary A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon -George D Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)