Three new words I learned this week from various places:
1. métier
Usage—(from an anacrostic): “Barbara Walter’s métier _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ” *
Definition—(n) [MET-ee-ay]
a profession or trade; one’s specialty
* Answer: interviews
2. Nostrum
Usage—from The Divine Conspiracy: “Our longing for goodness and rightness and acceptance makes us cling to bumper slogans, body graffiti, and gift shop nostrums that in our profound upside-downness somehow seem deep but in fact make no sense.”
Definition—(n) [NOS-truhm]
1. a quack medicine
2. a favorite but untested remedy for problems or evils
3. bupkis
Usage—from USA Today: “Physical textbooks are often resold as used books, so publishers get bupkis.”
Definition—(n) (also spelled bubkes)
something worthless; nothing
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5 comments:
I feel like I should have known metier since it's probably French, but all of those words are new to me. (A verbal sally is a witty or imaginative saying.) Thanks for participating today!
Métier I knew (since I speak French) as well as bupkis (although I'm not sure I've ever seen it written down before), but nostrums is a new one to me!
Great words! I knew them, but they are all fun to use.
My words are here.
All were new to me!
All the words are great but I can see myself using the word bupkis!
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