| Re: Thursday Chat 12-5-2013 |
Subject: Re: Thursday Chat 12-5-2013 by captmike13 on 2013/12/5 14:41:31 Good morning gang. It's in the mid 30's now and for the rest of the day. Hope things go smoothly today. Word of the Day Thursday, December 05, 2013 slumgullion \ sluhm-GUHL-yuhn, SLUHM-guhl- \, noun; 1.a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. 2.a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like. 3.the refuse from processing whale carcasses. 4.a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices. Origin: Slumgullion is an Americanism dating back to the 1840s. It is perhaps related to the word cullion , which comes from the Latin term meaning "bag" or "testicle." |
