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A.Word.A.Day--garniture garniture (GAR-ni-chur) noun Something that garnishes; decoration. [From French, from Old French, from garnir (to garnish).] "Don Lee wants not a various America. Don Lee wants a new nation under nothing; a physical light that waxes; he does not want to be exorcised, adjoining and revered; he does not like a local garniture nor any impish onus in the vogue; is not candlelit but stands out in the auspices of fire and rock and jungle-flail; wants new art and anthem; will want a new music screaming in the sun." From the poem "In the Mecca", Book: In the Mecca, 1968. This week's theme: Words from the Works of Gwendolyn Brooks. X-Bonus I don't necessarily agree with everything I say. -Marshall McLuhan, cultural historian and communications theorist (1911-1980)

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