This week’s theme
Words coined by rhyming slang

This week’s words
raspberry
titfer
oscar
boracic
scooby


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Next week’s theme
Words coined after stock characters

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SKOO-bee)

MEANING:

noun: Clue.

ETYMOLOGY:

Rhyming slang, Scooby-Doo ⇨ clue. Scooby-Doo is a dog in television series and films. Earliest documented use: 1993.

USAGE:

“‘But it was just a guess. I don’t actually have a scooby,’ the employee added.”
David A. Fahrenthold; Time Magazine Cover Hanging at Trump Golf Clubs Is a Fake; The Washington Post; Jun 28, 2017.

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