Thursday, December 9, 2010

December List

References
Yiddish words: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-yiddish-handbook-40-words-you-should-know/


2010

12/9 - New Coke
12/10 - da' bomb
12/11 - synergistic
12/12 - proceeding in a northbound direction
12/13 - chutzpah (Yiddish word)
12/14 - orated
12/15 - over and out
12/16 - gestalt (shape) The gestalt of that bike is sinuous (another option)
12/17 - netminder (instead of hockey goalie)
12/18 - enigma wrapped within a riddle
12/19 - pineapple upsidedown cake
12/20 - King Arthur's Court
12/21 - Macroeconomics
12/22 - Fortnight (Fortnightly) [Fortnight = 2 weeks, FYI]
12/23 - Information superhighway (bonus for "surfing the information superhighway")
12/24 - Bespoke
12/25 - The word is born
12/26 - Feast of Stephen ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Stephen )
12/27 - Interloper
12/28 - Insurrectionist
12/29 - Serendipitous
12/30 - Dunderhead
12/31 - Hogmanay (New Year's Eve Celebration)

** more to come, keep giving suggestions.

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