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[electrolite]

Word of the Week

The Word of the Week was intended as a fun way to engage Red Lizard Runners with interesting words. The words were selected based on their exotic nature, their usefulness, or their amusement value.

THIS WEEK'S WORD

ingratiate |inˈgrā sh ēˌāt|

verb (ingratiate oneself)
bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them : a social climber who had tried to ingratiate herself with the city gentry.

ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin in gratiam ‘into favor,’ on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare.

[The_tober]

Word of the Week

The Word of the Week was intended as a fun way to engage Red Lizard Runners with interesting words. The words were selected based on their exotic nature, their usefulness, or their amusement value.

THIS WEEK'S WORD

ingratiate |inˈgrā sh ēˌāt|

verb (ingratiate oneself)
bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them : a social climber who had tried to ingratiate herself with the city gentry.

ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin in gratiam ‘into favor,’ on the pattern of obsolete Italian ingratiare, earlier form of ingraziare.

The timing of this new thread and the selection of the first word has nothing to do with the TRL Board election, right?

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[b]ingratiate |inˈgrā sh ēˌāt|

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[Torrey]

Nice, Kevin

It took me a second... but eventually one of the 2 neurons in my brain fired a signal across the synapse.

[BrianH]

FIRKIN (US) and for Heaven's sake, don't get them mixed up with British firkins!

FYI there are 9 gallons to a FIRKIN