This week’s theme
Words to describe people

This week’s words
longhair
blackleg
double-dome
white-livered
dittohead

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(DUHB-uhl-dohm)

MEANING:

noun: An intellectual.

ETYMOLOGY:

From double + dome (slang for head). Earliest documented use: 1938.

USAGE:

“George has the double-dome’s knack for using twice as many words as necessary to express simple concepts.”
Nick Pinkerton; Most Important Election of Their Lifetime; Village Voice (New York); Oct 15, 2008.

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