Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wednesday's Word
formerly known as the "What're Words For..."

Word: Elegant (adj)
Definition: First rate, has nothing to do with the beau monde (fashionable society)

Usage:
"How is the chowdah?"
"Elegant."

or

"Why don't we take the day off and go see the Red Sox?"
"Elegant."

(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)

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1 Comments:

Blogger Sar said...

"Whadda ya think of The Mason's Avatar?"

Elegant!

;)

2:59 PM  

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