This week’s theme
Words entering English in the last 30 years

This week’s words
dogfood
dot-connect
crowdfund
neurodivergence
deepfake

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(DOT-kuh-nekt)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To make connections between different pieces of information in order to reach a conclusion.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the expression “to connect the dots”. From puzzles in which a line is drawn between a sequence of numbered dots to reveal a picture. From dot, of uncertain origin + connect, from Latin connectere (to join together). Earliest documented use: 2003.

USAGE:

“We’ll try to find out why the folks here are talking to this Elvina. Might be a money connection. If she’s there, that’s a big dot to dot-connect!”
Greg Gilmartin; Spy Island; LifeRich Publishing; 2019

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: