

Sep 4, 2013 This week's theme

Words borrowed from Japanese



This week's words

kabuki

honcho

skosh

kamikaze

tycoon

Words borrowed from Japanese A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



skosh PRONUNCIATION: (skoash)

MEANING: noun: A small amount; a little bit.

ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese sukoshi (a little). Earliest documented use: 1955.

USAGE: "The obesity rate would have been 30.2% for women in that age group -- again, just a skosh lower than the actual rate of 30.4%."

Karen Ravn; We're Fat Because ...; Los Angeles Times; Jul 14, 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. -Pietro Aretino, satirist and dramatist (1492-1556)





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