A.Word.A.Day Archives from https://wordsmith.org/awad -------- Date: Fri Dec 1 00:01:04 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--campanile X-Bonus: Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled. -Rex Stout, novelist (1 Dec 1886-1975) This week's theme: Toponyms campanile (kam-puh-NEE-lee, -neel) noun A bell tower, especially one detached from a main building such as a church. [From Italian campana (bell), from Latin campana (bell). From the Campania region in Italy, known for the bronze that was used to cast bells. Earliest documented use: 1640.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/campanile Campania, Italy https://wordsmith.org/words/images/campanology.png Map: Wikimedia Campanile San Marco, Venice, Italy: https://wordsmith.org/words/images/campanile_large.jpg Photo: Neil Willsey https://www.flickr.com/photos/neilwillsey/3006468964/ "He could hear birds chirping, the splash of gondola oars, bells ringing from the campanile." Deborah Chester; Termination; Diversion Books; 1995. -------- Date: Mon Dec 4 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--bibliomania X-Bonus: I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I will try. -Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (4 Dec 1875-1926) A picture is worth a thousand words, but some pictures leave us wordless. That's the case for illustrations by the artist Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ (curiouser AT mindspring.com). I gave her five words and you'll see what she did with them this week. To see her illustrations from previous years, see 2016 https://wordsmith.org/words/succulent.html 2015 https://wordsmith.org/words/gramarye.html 2014 https://wordsmith.org/words/juggernaut.html 2013 https://wordsmith.org/words/felicitous.html 2012 https://wordsmith.org/words/bursiform.html 2011 https://wordsmith.org/words/redolent.html bibliomania (bib-lee-o-MAY-nee-uh, -MAYN-yuh) noun An extreme fondness for books. [From Greek biblio- (book) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1734.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/bibliomania https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordsmithorg/24861345368/ Art: Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ "If a cure for bibliomania was found, bibliophiles wouldn't take it. We're determined to keep adding to our great mounds of books for as long as we're alive." Ron Grossman; My Love Affair with Used Bookstores, Their Treasures; Chicago Tribune (Illinois); Dec 29, 2016. https://wordsmith.org/words/bibliophile.html -------- Date: Tue Dec 5 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chatoyant X-Bonus: I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. -Walt Disney, entrepreneur and animator (5 Dec 1901-1966) Illustrated words chatoyant (shuh-TOI-uhnt) adjective: Having a changeable luster like that of a cat's eye at night. noun: A chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat's eye. [From French, present participle of chatoyer (to shine like a cat's eye), from chat (cat). Earliest documented use: 1816.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/chatoyant https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordsmithorg/37846868735/ Art: Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ "A chatoyant gleam twinkled from his steel blue eyes." Al Patterson; Fire in the Bosom; Page Publishing; 2014. -------- Date: Wed Dec 6 00:01:04 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gastronome X-Bonus: I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree. -(Alfred) Joyce Kilmer, journalist and poet (6 Dec 1886-1918) This week's theme: Illustrated words gastronome (GAS-truh-nohm) also gastronomer (ga-STRON-uh-muhr) noun A connoisseur of good food. [From French gastronome, back-formation from gastronomie, from Greek gastronomia, from gastro- (stomach) + nomos (law). from Earliest documented use: 1823.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/gastronome https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordsmithorg/38702604212/ Art: Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ "'Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,' declared Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an 18th-century French gastronome." Filling Up; The Economist (London, UK); Aug 30, 2014. -------- Date: Thu Dec 7 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--quaggy X-Bonus: The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum -- even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. -Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (b. 7 Dec 1928) This week's theme: Illustrated words quaggy (KWAG-ee) adjective Marshy; flabby; spongy. [From quag (marsh), of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1596.] The River Quaggy is a small river in London (UK) flowing through the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, and Lewisham. See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/quaggy https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordsmithorg/37846870115/ Art: Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ "The grass, which rose taller and taller until it was waist-high, hobbled the men's feet as they ran, and the spongy, quaggy ground brimmed with water." Wojciech Zukrowski (Translation: Stephanie Kraft); Stone Tablets; Paul Dry Books; 2016. -------- Date: Fri Dec 8 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--robustious X-Bonus: All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (8 Dec 1894-1961) This week's theme: Illustrated words robustious (ro-BUHS-chuhs) adjective 1. Strong and sturdy. 2. Boisterous. 3. Coarse or crude. [From Latin robur (oak, strength). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reudh- (red), which also gave us red, rouge, ruby, ruddy, rubella, robust, rambunctious, corroborate, roborant https://wordsmith.org/words/roborant.html , and russet https://wordsmith.org/words/russet.html . Earliest documented use: 1548.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/robustious https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordsmithorg/24861325908/ Art: Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ "'War waits not for robustious men.' He sighed, then fell silent." Ethel Herr; The Maiden's Sword; Bethany House; 1997. "More damning than the robustious comedy in these pictures ... is how many kinds of women failed to interest Winogrand." Richard B.Woodward; Photography: Pretty Women; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Sep 12, 2013. -------- Date: Mon Dec 11 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--contretemps X-Bonus: You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. -Naguib Mahfouz, writer, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1911-2006) If you have ever wondered whether the word fence as in "Good fences make good neighbors" and the word fence as in "dealing with stolen car stereos" and the word fence as in "swinging sharp metallic blades" have any connection, here's your answer: yes. All three owe their origins to the word defense (or defence, for you Brits). Of the three senses of the word fence discussed today, this week we'll focus on sharp metallic blades. Hundreds of years of fencing has thrust a number of words into the English language, many now used metaphorically. We saw some of them a while ago https://wordsmith.org/words/foible.html and now it's time to visit some more. While swordplay is good, wordplay is better. Sometimes just the right word, the right remark, the right joke can disarm an adversary. Remember, you may be swordless but you are never wordless. contretemps (KON-truh-tan, kawn-truh-TAN), plural contretemps (-tanz), the last syllable is nasal noun: 1. An unforeseen and unfortunate occurrence. 2. A disagreement or dispute. [Originally contretemps was a fencing term meaning a pass or thrust made at a wrong moment. From French contre- (against) + (time). Earliest documented use: 1684.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/contretemps https://wordsmith.org/words/images/contretemps_large.jpg Photo: Josh Davis https://www.flickr.com/photos/thedavisblog/4339518914/ "Pete Quaife informed the music press that he had suffered a fall at his north London home but the truth was he had broken his wrist after a contretemps with Dave." Johnny Rogan; Ray Davies -- A Complicated Life; The Bodley Head; 2015. -------- Date: Tue Dec 12 00:01:02 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--hilt X-Bonus: It's splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your imagination and make them pop like chestnuts. -Gustave Flaubert, novelist (12 Dec 1821-1880) This week's theme: Sword Words hilt (hilt) noun 1. Used in the expression "to the hilt": to the maximum extent; fully. 2. A handle, especially of a sword or dagger. [From Old English hilt/hilte. Earliest documented use: around 1000.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/hilt https://wordsmith.org/words/images/hilt_large.jpg Photo: Ceadda of Foxhall https://www.flickr.com/photos/usarmymutt/1614384183/ "The affable DJ spun some eclectic mixes which ensured the joint was packed to the hilt." Music Keeps the Party Going; The Times of India (New Delhi); Mar 13, 2012. -------- Date: Wed Dec 13 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--feint X-Bonus: Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned. -Heinrich Heine, poet, journalist, and essayist (13 Dec 1797-1856) This week's theme: Sword Words feint (faynt) noun: A deceptive move, especially in fencing or boxing. verb tr., intr.: To make a deceptive movement. [From Old French feinte, past participle of feindre (to feign), from Latin fingere (to shape). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dheigh- (to build or form), which also gave us fiction, effigy, paradise, dough, dairy, and lady (literally, a loaf kneader). Earliest documented use: around 1330.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/feint The player on the left feints to shoot but passes https://wordsmith.org/words/images/feint_large.jpg Photo: Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games https://www.flickr.com/photos/singapore2010/4922607797/ "Journalists could argue they use appellations as a sign of respect, but I think it's a feint -- a touch of obsequiousness before sticking in the shiv." Emily Yoffe; You Are Not the Speaker; Slate (New York); Mar 20, 2012. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/03/newt_gingrich_speaker_of_the_house_politicians_who_cling_to_their_old_titles_are_pretentious_incorrect_and_un_american_.single.html -------- Date: Thu Dec 14 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ensiform X-Bonus: Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism: The right to criticize; The right to hold unpopular beliefs; The right to protest; The right of independent thought. -Margaret Chase Smith, US senator (14 Dec 1897-1995) This week's theme: Sword Words ensiform (EN-suh-form) adjective Shaped like a sword or a sword blade. [From Latin ensis (sword) + -form (shape). Earliest documented use: 1541.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ensiform Ensiform leaves of Poor Knights lily ("Xeronema callistemon") https://wordsmith.org/words/images/ensiform_large.jpg Photo: Rebeccca Bowater https://www.flickr.com/photos/152088905@N05/24300465408/ "I quarreled with the ensiform leaves that worked to scratch me like frantic fingernails." Brett Ramseyer; Waiting for Bells; Lulu; 2016. -------- Date: Fri Dec 15 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--swashbuckler X-Bonus: Writing is like carrying a fetus. -Edna O'Brien, writer (b. 15 Dec 1930) This week's theme: Sword Words swashbuckler (SWASH-buhk-luhr) noun 1. A reckless, daring, swaggering adventurer. 2. A book, play, etc. dealing with such a character. [From swashbuckler (one who makes a noise by striking a sword on a shield), from swash (of imitative origin) + buckler (a small round shield), from boucle (a boss on a shield), from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca (cheek). Earliest documented use: 1560.] See usage examples in Vocabulary.com's dictionary: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/swashbuckler https://wordsmith.org/words/images/swashbuckler_large.jpg Photo: Andrew Sorensen https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_sorense/5597857831/ "In the 1970s and 1980s corporate swashbucklers such as Sir James Goldsmith created conglomerates through a succession of audacious takeover bids." Serial Thrillers; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 18, 2015. -------- Date: Mon Dec 18 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ergophobia X-Bonus: We also deem those happy, who from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills and without descanting on their weight. -Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140) When I discover a new word (a word new to me, not necessarily a newly coined word), I say to it, "Where have you been all this time? Nice to meet you. And now I have a whole bunch of people I'd like to introduce you to." That would be all of you. Make friends with the words this week and then widen the circle by sharing them with others. This week we'll see words that'd make one say: I didn't know there was a word for it. ergophobia (uhr-guh-FO-bee-uh) noun An abnormal fear of or aversion to work. [From Greek ergon (work) + phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1905.] https://wordsmith.org/words/images/ergophobia.jpg Detail from https://wordsmith.org/words/malinger.html Art: Leah Palmer Preiss http://www.leahpalmerpreiss.com/ "Bob once had a pal pull diagnosis for ergophobia: nothing current pharmacology could do, prognosis bleak: Life's hard, you know." Jonathan Callahan; The Consummation of Dirk; Starcherone Books; 2013. "Susan was still unable to work due to her past with the ergophobia." S.J. Groves; The Untold; AuthorHouse; 2014. -------- Date: Tue Dec 19 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--breviloquence X-Bonus: "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" -Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870) [in "A Christmas Carol", published on this date in 1843] This week's theme: There's a word for it breviloquence (bri-VIL-uh-kwens) noun Speaking briefly and concisely. [From Latin breviloquentia, from brevis (short) + loquentia (speaking), from loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1656.] NOTES: So many choices when it comes to speaking. You might prefer short-windedness and be breviloquent or you can be talkative (loquacious) https://wordsmith.org/words/loquacious.html . You can talk in sleep (somniloquy, which is a special kind of soliloquy) https://wordsmith.org/words/somniloquy.html and you can speak through your tummy, literally speaking (ventriloquism) https://wordsmith.org/words/ventriloquism.html . "She was, after all, Antonía Barclay, and was not known for her breviloquence. 'I have always loved you, I will always love you, and I will never stop showing you how much I love you. In fact, Mr. Claymore, I really must insist upon proving my love for you by answering your infinite number of questions in complete sentences, complete paragraphs, and completely in calligraphy.'" Jane Carter Barrett; Antonia Barclay and Her Scottish Claymore; River Grove Books; 2016. -------- Date: Wed Dec 20 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--exeleutherostomize X-Bonus: Men are divided in opinion as to the facts. And even granting the facts, they explain them in different ways. -Edwin Abbott Abbott, schoolmaster and theologian (20 Dec 1838-1926) This week's theme: There's a word for it exeleutherostomize (eks-uh-leuth-uh-ROS-tuh-myz) verb intr. To speak out freely. [Coined from Greek elements ex- (out) + eleutheros (free) + stoma (mouth). Earliest documented use: 1854.] "The offices of a General Manager of one of the few national banks is not the place to exeleutherostomize." B.S. Johnson; Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry; Collins; 1973. -------- Date: Thu Dec 21 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--corpocracy X-Bonus: I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or prostitute. -Rebecca West, author and journalist (21 Dec 1892-1983) This week's theme: There's a word for it corpocracy (kor-POK-ruh-see) noun A society in which corporations control the government. [From corporate, from Latin corpus (body) + -cracy (rule). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwrep- (body, form), which is also the source of corps https://wordsmith.org/words/corps.html, corpus, corpse, corporation, corpulent https://wordsmith.org/words/corpulent.html , corset, corsage, leprechaun, and corpus delicti https://wordsmith.org/words/corpus_delicti.html . Earliest documented use: 1935.] NOTES: Earlier the word was applied to corporate bureaucracy. Over time the word has changed its meaning and now it refers to a system in which corporations control the government. https://wordsmith.org/words/images/corpocracy_large.jpg Image: Adbusters https://subscribe.adbusters.org/products/corporate-america-flag "Anarica was a corpocracy. Run by the most influential corporations." Sabine Priestley; Twice Tethered; KAC Publishing; 2017. -------- Date: Fri Dec 22 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--obdormition X-Bonus: When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it. -Charles de Lint, writer (b. 22 Dec 1951) This week's theme: There's a word for it obdormition (ob-dor-MISH-uhn) noun Numbness in a limb, usually caused by pressure on a nerve. Also known as falling asleep. [From Latin obdormire (to fall asleep), from dormire (to sleep). Earliest documented use: 1634.] NOTES: There is a word even for what comes after obdormition: paresthesia (also known as pins and needles) https://wordsmith.org/words/paresthesia.html . https://wordsmith.org/words/images/obdormition_large.png Image: https://pics.me.me/if-your-feet-fall-asleep-and-dont-wake-up-are-23561043.png "You end up driving with your foot on the floor beneath the clutch pedal, slowly losing the battle to obdormition." Ezra Dyer; A Priority of Cornering Over Horsepower; The New York Times; Aug 3, 2012. -------- Date: Mon Dec 25 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--quartziferous X-Bonus: The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy; and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. -Rod Serling, writer of the science fiction TV series "The Twilight Zone" (25 Dec 1924-1975) This week we're going to give the letter L a well-deserved rest: No el. While letters in the whole alphabet have been working hard the whole year, and they all deserve a rest, we have chosen the letter L to go on leave for a few days. You'll notice it's absent from all of the words featured in A.Word.A.Day this week. That's because we're celebrating No el. Joyeux Noel! quartziferous (kwort-SIF-uhr-uhs) adjective Containing or bearing quartz. [From German Quartz + Latin -ferous (bearing), from ferre (to bear). Earliest documented use: 1831.] https://wordsmith.org/words/images/quartziferous_large.jpg Image: Eugenia Loli https://www.flickr.com/photos/eugenia_loli/15449970885/ NOTES: Quartz crystals come in various forms: amethyst, agate, onyx, etc., that may or may not be worth a bitcoin, but in a game of Scrabble, the word quartz is worth its weight: it yields 24 points, and that's before any double or triple squares. "The industry has developed a water-powered impact hammer for breaking quartziferous rock." John Battersby; South Africa Digs Out of Its Mining Crisis; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Apr 24, 1991. -------- Date: Tue Dec 26 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--hypercathexis X-Bonus: The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men. -Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (26 Dec 1872-1967) This week's theme: No el hypercathexis (hy-puhr-kuh-THEK-sis) noun Excessive concentration of mental energy on something. [From Greek hyper- (over, above) + cathexis, from Greek kathexis (holding), from katekhein (to hold fast), from kata- (intensive prefix) + ekhein (to hold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root segh- (to hold), which is also the source of words such as hectic, scheme, scholar, cathect https://wordsmith.org/words/cathect.html , and asseverate https://wordsmith.org/words/asseverate.html . Earliest documented use: 1923.] "She is especially drawn to a passage on the hypercathexis of lost objects." Marta Bladek; "A Place None of Us Know until We Reach It": Mapping Grief and Memory in Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking; Biography (Honolulu, Hawaii); Fall 2014. -------- Date: Wed Dec 27 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--bavardage X-Bonus: Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top. No wonder it costs so much. -Sarah Vowell, author and journalist (b. 27 Dec 1969) This week's theme: No el bavardage (bah-vuhr-DAZH) noun Chattering; gossip. [From French bavarder (to chatter), from bavard (talkative), from bave (saliva, drivel). Earliest documented use: 1835.] https://wordsmith.org/words/images/bavardage_large.jpg Image: George https://www.flickr.com/photos/littlenelly/534950839/ "A long time ago, I joined a former friend from high school and her husband for dinner at a restaurant. Though the three of us shared a table, the couple engaged in side conversations in French, which they spoke fluently knowing that my French was barely conversational. As their bavardage grew more frequent and lengthy, I dined alone in their company." Algernon D'Ammassa; As Time, Money Pass, to Whom Is CAP Entity Accountable?; Las Cruces Sun-News (New Mexico); Oct 13, 2017. -------- Date: Thu Dec 28 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--aciniform X-Bonus: I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have borrowed a lot. -Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president, Nobel laureate (28 Dec 1856-1924) This week's theme: No el aciniform (uh-SIN-uh-form) adjective Shaped like a cluster of grapes. [From Latin acinus (grape, berry, seed). Earliest documented use: 1798.] https://wordsmith.org/words/images/aciniform_large.jpg Art: Susan Murtaugh https://www.flickr.com/photos/suzi54241/8662302375/ "And no machine will ever be able to answer grocery-related questions -- What's the freshest aciniform produce today?" Neil Genzlinger; Jersey: The Tax Rebate Line and Other Annoyances; The New York Times; May 16, 1999. -------- Date: Fri Dec 29 00:01:03 EST 2017 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--crackjaw X-Bonus: Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. -William Ewart Gladstone, British prime minister (29 Dec 1809-1898) This week's theme: No el crackjaw (KRAK-jaw) adjective: Hard to pronounce. noun: A word or phrase that's hard to pronounce. [From crack, from Old English cracian (to resound) + jaw, from Old French joue (cheek). Earliest documented use: 1827.] https://wordsmith.org/words/images/crackjaw_large.jpg Photo: Kevin Hale https://www.flickr.com/photos/unfoldedorigami/3798684314/ Svínafellsjökull (SVEE-nah-fells-yuhk-ud-hl) (Literally, Swine Mountain Glacier) https://wordsmith.org/words/svinafellsjokull.mp3 Audio: Gunnlaugur Thor Briem "[Julia] exclaims 'Ach, what a crackjaw language this German is!'" Gayden Wren; A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan; Oxford University Press; 2001. https://wordsmith.org/words/gemutlich.html