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May 30, 2017

This week’s theme
Portmanteaux (blend words)

This week’s words
glocalize
solunar
judder
dripple
masstige

Goldendoodle (golden retriever + poodle)

Photo: Shannon Tompkins

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

solunar

PRONUNCIATION:

(so-LOO-nuhr)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to the sun and the moon.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of solar and lunar. Earliest documented use: 1936.

USAGE:

“Even the highest orders of animals were less adaptable to different environmental conditions, and particularly to solunar and other cycles.”
Gordon R. Dickson; The Final Encyclopedia; Tor Books; 1996.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor. -Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

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