This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
kakistocracy
coulrophobia
boodler
ambisinistrous
defenestration

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Read it today

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(BOOD-luhr)

MEANING:

noun: Someone involved in bribery or corruption.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Dutch boedel (property). Earliest documented use: 1872.

USAGE:

“McCall, however, was something of a political grafter, a boodler, and was known to use his status of political prominence in an unsportsmanlike manner.”
Kale Meggs; 99 Nooses; Black Oak Media; 2012.

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