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Nov 9, 2022
This week’s theme
Postpositives

This week’s words
incarnate
unplugged
a gogo
presumptive
at large

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a gogo

PRONUNCIATION:
(uh GO-go)

MEANING:
adjective: In abundance.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French à gogo (aplenty). Earliest documented use: 1950. A synonym, galore, is also used postpositively.

USAGE:
“There was music, dancing, and champagne a gogo.”
Lina Simoni; The Scent Of Rosa’s Oil; Kensington; 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)

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