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)