A.Word.A.Day Archives from https://wordsmith.org/awad -------- Date: Thu Sep 1 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--stuffed shirt X-Bonus: The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. -Kin Hubbard, humorist (1 Sep 1868-1930) This week's theme: Words related to clothing stuffed shirt (stuhft shuhrt) noun A pompous, self-satisfied, and old-fashioned person. [From the formally-dressed look of such a person. Earliest documented use: 1840s.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stuffed%20shirt https://wordsmith.org/words/images/stuffed_shirt_large.jpg Photo: Yellow Bug Boutique https://www.etsy.com/listing/50694467/stuffed-shirt-pillow "Peter Dawson's persona might come across as a stuffed shirt but he is, in fact, a personable character with a mischievous sense of humour." James Corrigan; Farewell to the Moderniser of the R&A; The Sunday Telegraph (London, UK); Jul 12, 2015. -------- Date: Fri Sep 2 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--slyboots X-Bonus: Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes. -Henry George, economist, journalist, and philosopher (2 Sep 1839-1897) This week's theme: Words related to clothing slyboots (SLY-boots) noun Someone who is clever or crafty in a playful or engaging way. [From sly (cunning), from Old Norse sloegr (cunning) + boots (fellow), as in lazyboots. Earliest documented use: 1699.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/slyboots "A real slyboots he is, if you take my meaning, Your Grace. He would have dropped the boot and bent down low to fetch it, all the while trying to see where he shouldn't ought see, my apologies to your lady." Kasey Michaels; How To Beguile a Beauty; Harlequin; 2010. -------- Date: Mon Sep 5 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--flagrant X-Bonus: I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -John Cage, composer (5 Sep 1912-1992) This week we'll feature a potpourri of words. We opened a dictionary, shook it gently, and five words fell out. They came in all shapes, sizes, and senses. They're short and long. They're flighty and grouchy. Call 'em what you will, a medley of words, a farrago, or a gallimaufry. They're disparate, they're diverse. They're varied and variegated, unclassified, and unsorted. And they're all ready for use. flagrant (FLAY-gruhnt) adjective Conspicuously offensive. [From Latin flagrare (to burn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to shine or burn), which is also the source of blaze, blank, blond, bleach, blanket, flame, refulgent https://wordsmith.org/words/refulgent.html , fulminate https://wordsmith.org/words/fulminate.html , effulgent https://wordsmith.org/words/effulgent.html , and flagrante delicto https://wordsmith.org/words/flagrante_delicto.html . Earliest documented use: 1450.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/flagrant "The Saudi-led coalition warplanes waged on Tuesday three raids ... in a flagrant breach to the ceasefire." Saudi War Jets Launch Three Raids on Harib Nehm in Mareb; Yemen News Agency (Sana'a); May 24, 2016. -------- Date: Tue Sep 6 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--mendacious X-Bonus: When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. -Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (b. 6 Sep 1928) This week's theme: Misc. words mendacious (men-DAY-shuhs) adjective Telling lies, especially as a habit. [From Latin mendac-, stem of mendax (lying), from mendum (fault or defect) that also gave us amend, emend, and mendicant. Earliest documented use: 1616.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/mendacious "Usually I only meet fishermen more flagrantly mendacious than anywhere else. But they've got bored with me because I always unhesitatingly go two pounds better than the biggest juggler of avoirdupois present." Compton Mackenzie; Sinister Street; Martin Secker; 1914. -------- Date: Wed Sep 7 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--venal X-Bonus: America has been called a melting pot, but it seems better to call it a mosaic, for in it each nation, people, or race which has come to its shores has been privileged to keep its individuality, contributing at the same time its share to the unified pattern of a new nation. -King Baudouin of Belgium (7 Sep 1930-1993) This week's theme: Misc. words venal (VEEN-l) adjective 1. Capable of being bought: open to bribery. 2. Of or related to bribery. [From Latin venalis (that which is for sale), from venum (sale). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wes- (to buy) that is also the source of vend, bazaar, vilify, and monopsony https://wordsmith.org/words/monopsony.html . Earliest documented use: 1827.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/venal "Everything that was wrong, venal, lazy, and mendacious about GM in the 1980s was crystallized in this flagrant insult to the good name and fine customers of Cadillac." Dan Neil; The 50 Worst Cars of All Time; Time (New York); Sep 2007. -------- Date: Thu Sep 8 00:01:04 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--feckless X-Bonus: If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world. -Claude Pepper, senator and representative (8 Sep 1900-1989) This week's theme: Misc. words feckless (FEK-les) adjective Weak; ineffective; incompetent; irresponsible. [From Scots feck, from effeck, a variant of effect, from Latin efficere (to accomplish), from ef-, a variant of ex- (thoroughly) + facere (to make). Earliest documented use: 1586.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/feckless "UK university managers are neither venal nor mendacious, today's students are no lazier or more feckless than we were, and the vast majority of graduates still find employment suitable to their studies." Steven Schwartz; V-Cs, Get Set to Do the Maths; The Times Higher Education Supplement (London, UK); Dec 20, 2012. -------- Date: Fri Sep 9 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--veritable X-Bonus: A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction. -Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (9 Sep 1828-1910) This week's theme: Misc. words veritable (VER-i-tuh-buhl) adjective True; real (typically used as an intensifier for a metaphor). [From Old French verai (true), from Latin verus (true). Earliest documented use: 1474.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/veritable "Given that Albany is the home of the venal, the feckless, and the indifferent -- a veritable temple of dysfunction -- it's difficult to imagine, given their record, that it has the capacity to do anything right." Leonard Quart; Transit Woes Result of Government Failure; The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts); Apr 8, 2010. -------- Date: Mon Sep 12 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--boulevardier X-Bonus: Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on "I am not too sure." -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (12 Sep 1880-1956) Who are you? You have to answer the question in a job interview. Who am I? You ask yourself if you're introspective. What words describe you? You might be asked if you are playing a party game. How do you describe yourself? Not easy, but perhaps this week's words will come in handy. boulevardier (bool-uh-vahr-DYAY, -DEER) noun A socially active man who likes to visit fashionable places. [From French, originally a man who frequents boulevards, from boulevard (a wide street), from Old French bollevart (rampart converted to a promenade), from Middle Dutch or German bollwerk (bulwark). Earliest documented use: 1879.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/boulevardier "In the first act, I was a smoothly sophisticated boulevardier who was having a giddy night out in an elegant restaurant with a young girl approximately half his age. He is a delightful 'stranger' from Cairo in impeccable evening clothes who comes mysteriously into town once a month." Beaumont Bruestle; Threads; CreateSpace; 2009. -------- Date: Tue Sep 13 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--pachyderm X-Bonus: Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries. -J.B. Priestley, author (13 Sep 1894-1984) This week's theme: Words to describe people pachyderm (PAK-i-duhrm) noun 1. Someone or something having thick skin, for example, elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros. 2. An insensitive person. 3. A person who is not affected by criticism or ridicule. [From French pachyderme, from Greek pakhudermos (thick-skinned), from pakhus (thick) + derma (skin). Ultimately from the Indo-European root der- (to split, peel, or flay), which also gave us tear, tart, turd, and Hindi dalit (oppressed, crushed). Earliest documented use: 1828.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/pachyderm https://wordsmith.org/words/images/pachyderm_large.jpg Photo: Haiderali44 https://www.flickr.com/photos/haiderali4496/12502306575/ "This pachyderm we work for can survive a few slings and arrows." Arthur Hailey; Overload; Doubleday; 1979. -------- Date: Wed Sep 14 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--revenant X-Bonus: Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men. -Sydney J. Harris, journalist and author (14 Sep 1917-1986) This week's theme: Words to describe people revenant (REV-uh-nuhnt) noun A person who returns after a long absence or supposedly after death. [From French revenant (ghost), from revenir (to return), from Latin re- (again) + venire (to come). Earliest documented use: 1823.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/revenant The Revenant, a novel inspired by a real story, later made into a movie https://wordsmith.org/words/images/revenant.jpg http://amazon.com/o/asin/0786710276/ws00-20 "Lawrence Osborne seems to be a revenant from a species that has, paradoxically, become almost extinct following the triumph of globalisation: the traveller (or travel-writer)-novelist." Neel Mukherjee; Hunters in the Dark (review); The Guardian (London, UK); May 6, 2015. -------- Date: Thu Sep 15 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--rhapsode X-Bonus: Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld, aphorist (15 Sep 1613-1680) This week's theme: Words to describe people rhapsode (RAP-sohd) noun A professional reciter of poems. [From Latin rhapsodia, from Greek rhapsoidia (recitation of epic poetry), from rhaptein (to stitch together) + aidein (to sing), from oide (song). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wed- (to speak), which also gave us parody, comedy, tragedy, melody, and ode. Earliest documented use: 1712.] Details from "A Reading from Homer" https://wordsmith.org/words/images/rhapsode_large.jpg Art: Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) "It may be argued that our republic is, in performance, really enacting today the grandest arts, poems, etc. by beating up the wilderness into fertile farms, and in her railroads, ships, machinery, etc. And it may be asked, Are these not better, indeed, for America, than any utterances even of greatest rhapsode, artist, or literatus?" Walt Whitman; Democratic Vistas; 1871. -------- Date: Fri Sep 16 00:01:03 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--bon viveur X-Bonus: Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are? -Laurence J. Peter, educator and author (16 Sep 1919-1990) This week's theme: Words to describe people bon viveur (BON* vee-VUHR) noun [* this syllable is nasal] A person who enjoys good food, drinks, luxuries, etc. [A pseudo-French formation, from bon (good) + viveur (a living person), from vivre (to live). A synonym is bon vivant https://wordsmith.org/words/bon_vivant.html . Earliest documented use: 1865.] "If Lebanon was a man or woman, I'd picture someone very stylish, enjoying a song and dance, while eating tabbouleh and holding up a glass of something merry-looking in their hand; a bon viveur trying to make the most of their evening before the electricity is cut off." Tanya Dernaika; Brand Lebanon Ready for Export; The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); May 18, 2015. -------- Date: Mon Sep 19 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--kitsch X-Bonus: We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. -Jeremy Irons, actor (b. 19 Sep 1948) What does a pretzel have in common with a hamster? And a noodle with a poodle? All of them we've borrowed from German (from Brezel, Hamster, Pudel, and Nudel)*. All languages borrow from each other when they come in contact, but English and German are not just any languages. As they both descend from the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, they are particularly close. You could call them cousins. So what's a cup of sugar, a lawn mower, or a few thousand words between them? As it goes, we don't return borrowed words, but we don't hesitate to lend either. For example, we've given them Oldtimer (vintage car), Smoking (tuxedo), trampen (to hitchhike, from English tramp), and even Baby (baby). As you can see, sometimes things get a little twisted in the borrowing. This week we'll see five words that we've borrowed from German. *All nouns are capitalized in German. It used to be the same in English too. kitsch (kich) noun: Art objects that are gaudy or overly sentimental, designed for popular appeal. adjective: Tawdry, tacky, sentimental. [From German Kitsch (kitsch). Earliest documented use: 1926.] NOTES: What comes to mind when you think of kitsch? Here are some examples: a coffee mug in the shape of a pineapple, ceramic Santa Claus, plastic flamingos on a lawn, snow globes, popular religious iconography. See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/kitsch https://wordsmith.org/words/images/kitsch_large.jpg Photo: dotpolka https://www.flickr.com/photos/dotpolka/3960759/ "I could see kitschy statues of androgynous male 'saints' and of angels with effeminate faces. Above this kitsch hung gaudy red and yellow 'pavaljuni'." The Maltese Festa; The Malta Independent (Valletta); Sep 4, 2016. -------- Date: Tue Sep 20 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--verboten X-Bonus: It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. -Upton Sinclair, novelist and reformer (20 Sep 1878-1968) This week's theme: Words borrowed from German verboten (vuhr-BOHT-n) adjective Not allowed; forbidden. [From German verboten (forbidden), past participle of verbieten (to forbid). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bheudh- (to be or to make aware), which also gave us beadle, ombudsman, forbid, and the word Buddha. Earliest documented use: 1912.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/verboten https://wordsmith.org/words/images/verboten_large.jpg Photo: Christian Zatloukal https://www.flickr.com/photos/bildwandern/8374082550 "Those attending the Wagner festival in Bayreuth this month, including Angela Merkel, have been told that cushions are now verboten. It is claimed that this is for security reasons, although Wagner, in designing the Festspielhaus [festival theater], had wanted exceptionally hard wooden seats to prevent the audience from treating his operas as fun." Patrick Kidd; [Theresa] May Life Story is Not Written; The Times (London, UK); Jul 12, 2016. -------- Date: Wed Sep 21 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ubermensch X-Bonus: Good books don't give up all their secrets at once. -Stephen King, novelist (b. 21 Sep 1947) This week's theme: Words borrowed from German ubermensch (OO-buhr-mensch) noun An ideal man; also used ironically. [From German Übermensch (superman), from über (over) + Mensch (man). In Nietzschean philosophy, an Übermensch is an ideal superior being. Earliest documented use: 1902. Also see mensch https://wordsmith.org/words/mensch.html and luftmensch https://wordsmith.org/words/luftmensch.html .] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Ubermensch https://wordsmith.org/words/images/ubermensch_large.jpg Image: Mitch Hell https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiffheed/6303829769 "Trump, the thrice-married ubermensch who jokes about Megyn Kelly's period, is the more usual reality." Ross Douthat; A Playboy for President; The New York Times; Aug 13, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/sunday/a-playboy-for-president.html -------- Date: Thu Sep 22 00:01:03 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gauleiter X-Bonus: The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease. -Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 Sep 1694-1773) This week's theme: Words borrowed from German gauleiter (GOU-ly-tuhr) noun An overbearing petty official. [From German Gauleiter (a district leader in Nazi Germany), from Gau (district) + Leiter (leader). Earliest documented use: 1936.] "Even if you don't like a council leader, don't call her a gauleiter." Stuart Jeffries; 'Swamped' and 'Riddled'; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 28, 2014. -------- Date: Fri Sep 23 00:01:03 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--clerisy X-Bonus: The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief ... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. -Walter Lippmann, journalist (23 Sep 1889-1974) This week's theme: Words borrowed from German clerisy (KLER-i-see) noun The well-educated class; the literati; the intelligentsia. [From German Klerisei (clergy), from Latin clericus (cleric), from Greek klerikos (belonging to the clergy), from Greek kleros (inheritance). Earliest documented use: 1834. The clerisy, the clergy, and clerks are all cousins, etymologically speaking.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/clerisy "[Bob Corker's] mind is unclouded by long immersion in the conventional thinking of the foreign policy clerisy." George Will; Why Bob Corker is the Senator to Watch in 2015; The Washington Post; Jan 2, 2015. -------- Date: Mon Sep 26 00:01:03 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--henchman X-Bonus: Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them. -T.S. Eliot, poet (26 Sep 1888-1965) This summer I went to the zoo. I love museums and gardens and parks, and visit them often. But there's one place here in Seattle that I had never been to until recently. The zoo. A zoo is a prison for animals who have done no wrong and I prefer not patronizing such a place. One of the organizations where I teach had a volunteer appreciation party. They held it in the zoo. So I went. While it was enjoyable to meet other volunteers and chat and eat together, the zoo part of this was not pleasant. You could see birds caged in tiny spaces, flying around in circles, showing typical neurotic behavior that anyone who is unjustifiably imprisoned for life would show. Bears, three of them, confined in barren concrete and glass enclosures. And much, much more. Until about a hundred years ago, it was considered just fine to showcase in cages humans captured from faraway places. The same justifications -- education, entertainment, research -- were used that we use today to imprison sentient animals. A time will come when we'll see imprisoning animals for life with the same horror as we have for the idea of human zoos. Until then, enjoy this week's words that have animal origins. In some cases the origin is obvious, in others not, but no animals were mistreated in producing this week's words. henchman (HENCH-muhn) noun A supporter or subordinate, especially one who engages in illegal activities for a powerful boss or criminal. [From Old English hengest (a male horse) + man. Earlier a henchman was an attendant who walked or rode beside a prince. Earliest documented use: 1360.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/henchman https://wordsmith.org/words/images/henchman_large.jpg Photo: Mischief La-Bas http://www.mischieflabas.co.uk/ "Baron Bomburst hears of the special car and wants it for his own, sending two henchmen, Boris and Goran, to seize it one way or another." Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Theatre Royal Newcastle; Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, UK); Jun 2, 2016. -------- Date: Tue Sep 27 00:01:03 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--poodle-faker X-Bonus: The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. -William Empson, literary critic and poet (27 Sep 1906-1984) This week's theme: Words coined after animals poodle-faker (POOD-l fay-kuhr) noun A man who seeks out the company of upper-status women, especially for advancing himself. [The term poodle-faker was British slang for a newly commissioned officer who cultivates female company, especially for social or professional advancement. From poodle (a breed developed to retrieve game from the water), from German Pudel (poodle), from Low German pudeln (to splash about), from pudel (puddle). Earliest documented use: 1902.] https://wordsmith.org/words/images/poodle-faker_large.jpg Art: Louise Burston http://louiseburston.wordpress.com/ "Too many people still think of Liszt as a long-haired, pianistic poodle-faker, seducing aristocratic ladies with superficially glittering pieces that have more notes than substance." David Mellor; Franz is Top of My Liszt; Mail on Sunday (London, UK); Jan 23, 2011. -------- Date: Wed Sep 28 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--harebrained X-Bonus: Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. -Georges Clemenceau, statesman (28 Sep 1841-1929) This week's theme: Words coined after animals harebrained (HAYR-braynd) adjective Foolish; reckless; ridiculous. [From the allusion that a harebrained person has the brain as small as a hare's. From Old English hara (hare) + braegen (brain). Earliest documented use: 1548.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/harebrained "Hagrid had some harebrained scheme in hand, which might make him miss Sirius." JK Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Bloomsbury; 2000. -------- Date: Thu Sep 29 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--duck soup X-Bonus: No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. -Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (29 Sep 1547-1616) This week's theme: Words coined after animals duck soup (DUHK soop) noun Something that is very easy to do. [Is duck soup very easy to make? How the term duck soup came to be known for an easily accomplished task is unclear. Earliest documented use: 1912.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/duck%20soup https://wordsmith.org/words/images/duck_soup_large.jpg Photo: Brian Ainsworth https://www.flickr.com/photos/bainsworth/8057150679 "With fear of math giving way to love for numbers, complex fractions and compound interest are duck soup for the little math wizards." Prerna Katiyar; How Techniques Like Vedic Math, Abacus, and Soroban are Making Mathematics Fun for Kids; The Economic Times (New Delhi, India); Nov 16, 2014. -------- Date: Fri Sep 30 00:01:02 EDT 2016 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--skylark X-Bonus: Racism tends to attract attention when it's flagrant and filled with invective. But like all bigotry, the most potent component of racism is frame-flipping -- positioning the bigot as the actual victim. So the gay do not simply want to marry; they want to convert our children into sin. The Jews do not merely want to be left in peace; they actually are plotting world take-over. And the blacks are not actually victims of American power, but beneficiaries of the war against hard-working whites. This is a respectable, more sensible bigotry, one that does not seek to name-call, preferring instead to change the subject and straw man. -Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer and journalist (b. 30 Sep 1975) This week's theme: Words coined after animals skylark (SKY-lark) verb intr. To frolic or to engage in horseplay. [Skylark is a small bird known for singing while soaring in the sky. Earlier, the term skylark was used by seamen to refer to playfully moving around the rigging of a ship. From sky + lark, from Old Norse sky (cloud). Earliest documented use: 1686.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/skylark https://wordsmith.org/words/images/skylark_large.jpg Photo: Stuart Pickles https://www.flickr.com/photos/72858142@N08/13745849445 "Before a race, while opponents buried themselves in their own private world, Bolt skylarked with spectators and with race officials." Is Jamaican Legend's Track Career Over?; Timaru Herald (New Zealand); Jun 30, 2015.