Posted on 08/19/2014 5:07:17 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday August 19, 2014
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
wunderkind [voo n-der-kind, wuhn-; German voo n-duh r-kint]
-n
1. a wonder child or child prodigy.
2. a person who succeeds, especially in business, at a comparatively early age.
[1890-95; < German, equivalent to Wunder wonder + Kind child]
salvaje [sahl-BAH-heh ]
-adj wild
Él ha estado actuando como un animal salvaje.
Hes been acting like a wild animal.
I only work in the boonies, so I don’t see any of that, but the guys on the job talk, of course like all guys. Over the years, I’ve become accepted as one of the guys-at least most of the time.
There is a new classic rock station in this area-when I first heard it, they led off a set with AC/DC’s Jailbreak and I knew it was a good station...
Thank you, Don Pardo....
No problem with peanuts, honey, granola?
No, I don’t claim any food allergies-but I don’t happen to like peanuts very much...
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