Word of the week: “jentacular.” It’s an adjective meaning “pertaining to breakfast,” derived from the Latin verb for “to eat breakfast.” Home-fried potatoes are certainly jentacular in the U.S., baked potatoes somewhat less so.
The peso is the current monetary unit of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Uruguay. The word “peso” is often seen on packages of grocery goods sold in these countries. Not because of the cost of those items, but because “peso” is also the Spanish word for:
A) Cholesterol
B) Package
C) Weight
D) Open
Friday’s answer: According to a sentiment attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, “Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”
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