Laubrow, adj. - descriptive of a specimen of the "jammier the better" school of
red wine production
Rodentstock, n. - a wine-related scam or fraud - "I bought a partnership interest in
a Burgundy importer, but it turned out it was just a rodentstock"
Charlesshawnian, adj. - descriptive of any example of the immortal principle that things
can always be made and sold cheaper if the quality is reduced sufficiently
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Planting seeds here - stock characters from the wine industry...
Parkerini?
Turleyana?
Sucklinger?
Theiseman?
Cheers,J
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Sep 10, 2018This week’s theme
Words coined after stock characters
This week’s words
zany
Image: Wikimedia CommonsA.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
Recently we featured the word scaramouch, coined after Scaramouche,a stock character in
Italian comic theater during 16th-18th centuries.But Scaramouche isn’t the only one. This
week we have assembled a cast offive such stock characters.
They have stepped off the stage and walked into the pages of the dictionarywhere they lie
for posterity. Wake them up; hire them for your prose orpoetry, office memo or college
paper; and let them help you convey yourmessage in a livelier manner.
zany
PRONUNCIATION:(ZAY-nee)
MEANING:adjective: Amusingly strange, comical, or clownish.
ETYMOLOGY:From French zani, from Italian zanni, a nickname for Giovanni. The termhas its
origin in the comedy theater commedia dell’arte popular in 16-18thcentury Italy. Giovanni,
Italian form of the name John, was originally thegeneric name of the servant, a stock
character who tried to mimic hismaster, himself a clown. Earliest documented use: 1596.
USAGE:“This is one of the zaniest and most delightfully wacky plays to evergrace any stage
at Bard on the Beach.”
Lysistrata; The Vancouver Sun (Canada); Aug 30, 2018.
See more usage examples of zany in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder
byauthorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (10Sep 1903-1974)
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