Word of the Week

Number 48 (new word every week) was a touch hard this week. There was nothing in what I read that jumped out of me and said “You don’t know me” but in the general throw of things there were two words that caught my attention:

1. Invictus – which is the name of the new Clint Eastwood film that I CAN’T WAIT to go and see when it opens later this week. I should know this having studied Latin a long time ago. Well, at least I knew it was Latin. But a quick trip to the Latin dictionary solved the mystery.

Invictus – unbeaten, unconquerable.

2. Lackadaisical – this is a word I know but don’t know. I guess the word itself gives it away. Lacking something. But I heard a woman use it in the pub the other night and I thought ‘Is she using that correctly?’. Turns out she was, so kudos to her for being half-tanked and pulling out the big words.

Lackadaisical – unenthusiastic, listless, idle. 2. Feebly sentimental and affected.

Who said pubs were a waste of time?