This week’s theme
Blend words

This week’s words
staycation
orature
pennant
flexitarian
bromance


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Next week’s theme
Words that appear to be misspellings

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(BRO-mans)

MEANING:

noun: A close friendship between men.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of bro + romance. Earliest documented use: 2001. The female equivalent is womance (Don’t blame us -- we didn’t coin any of these).

USAGE:

“But Kai’s most elaborate billionaire bromance has been with Mark Zuckerberg. They went foiling together on Kauai, and the paparazzi caught Zuckerberg looking extra silly. Zuckerberg later described Kai as ‘magical’.”
William Finnegan; Big Breaks; The New Yorker; May 30, 2022.

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