This week’s theme
To hyphenate or not to hyphenate?

This week’s words
merchant prince
journeyman
gold-digger
roughhouse
body blow


This week’s comments
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Next week’s theme
Toponyms

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(BOD-ee bloh)

MEANING:

noun: A severe setback or disappointment.

ETYMOLOGY:

The term is from boxing, referring to a blow to the torso which can be incapacitating due to its proximity to internal organs. Earliest documented use: 1789.

USAGE:

“The penalty is a seven-year ban from buying American components. For ZTE this is a body blow.”
Casting Illusions Aside; The Economist (London, UK); May 5, 2018.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: