This week’s theme
No el

This week’s words
skewgee
banjax
surquedry
zoophobia
mundificative

Daily word @ your site
Add the daily word to your web page. It is free.

---

A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(BAN-jaks)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To destroy, damage, defeat, injure, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

Irish slang, of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1924.

USAGE:

“All these years I’ve never had an accident, and now this. I’m a bit banjaxed. Once you do anything to your hip, you’re finished.”
Cathy Kelly; It Started With Paris; Orion; 2014.

“However, that elation was quickly tempered by suspicions that it would not take much to banjax the deal.”
Art of Phase One Trade Deal Is Making Sure it Works; Beijing Review (China); Jan 16, 2020.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: