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

This week’s words
sitzmark
outro
solipsism
intrapreneur
bathos

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(OU-tro)

MEANING:

noun: The concluding part of a piece of music, program, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

Modeled after intro. Earliest documented use: 1967.

USAGE:

“Bassist John Deacon is not credited with vocals on any of the albums, the rock section, and finally, the tapering down of the song with the outro.”
Aparna Narrain; 40 years of Bo Rhap; The Hindu (Chennai, India); Nov 2, 2015.

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