Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Word of the Week

1. exoticism
2. ZZ Packer's Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
3. "'Serious Chihuahua,' Octavia added, and though neither Arnetta nor Octavia could spell 'Chihuahua', had never seen a Chihuahua, trisyllabic words had gained a sort of exoticism within our fourth-grade set at Woodrow Wilson Elementary."
4. noun-
tendency to adopt what is exotic; exotic quality or character; anything exotic, as a foreign word or idiom
5. A lot of the animals at the zoo are exoticisms; they come from various areas around the globe, and have many interesting attributes that animals found in this area do not have.

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