This week’s theme
Contractions

This week’s words
bolshie
lackadaisical
blitz
zounds
extrality

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(blits)

MEANING:

noun:	1. A swift, sudden military attack, especially aerial bombardment.
	2. An intense campaign, for example, an ad blitz.
verb tr.:	To attack, destroy, conquer, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

Short for blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg, from Blitz (lightning) + Krieg (war). Earliest documented use: 1939. Also see coventrate.

USAGE:

“I blitzed the final exam, so I’m now, officially, a starchy old accountant, stiff, dull, and sober.”
V.K. Black; Unexpected Places; Harlequin; 2014.

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