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Oct 17, 2019
This week’s themeWords coined after days of the week
This week’s words
Friday face
Sunday punch
blue Monday
Sunday driver
Photo: Weegee, 1942
Source: International Center of Photography
Source: International Center of Photography
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu GargSunday driver
PRONUNCIATION:
(SUHN-day dry-vuhr) 
MEANING:
noun: One who drives slowly, poorly, or overcautiously.
ETYMOLOGY:
What’s Sunday got to do with driving slowly, poorly, or overcautiously? The allusion here is to someone who is out for a leisurely Sunday drive taking the scenic route. Or one who drives poorly because they drive infrequently. Or they drive overcautiously in the manner of someone who comes out to drive only on Sunday when there’s little traffic. Earliest documented use: 1877.
USAGE:
“The film, which is based on a true story, chugs along like a Sunday driver taking the scenic route.”
Wendy Ide; The Mule review -- Crime in the Slow Lane; The Guardian (London, UK); Jan 27, 2019.
Wendy Ide; The Mule review -- Crime in the Slow Lane; The Guardian (London, UK); Jan 27, 2019.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
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