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Incumbent:
Of a usually overbearing, ego-maniacal politician currently clutching office.
Recumbant:
A more laid-back type who got caught lying down [or lying] on the job; says 'F' it and retires and goes riding away on a funny-looking bicycle.
Procumbent: how they may find the bike rider lying, face down.
Superincumbent: lying on something else.
Decombent? Decumbiture? Unrecumbently,?... whew, that's enough of that...
Back in the '70s, when Crudites were the all the rage and I was young and ill-informed, I thought that the word was pronounced as "Croo-deets".
Imagine my chagrin a few years later, when I became aware of my mispronunciation.
I'm not sure when I first became aware of the correct pronunciation, but I've had waiters pronounce it "croo-dights."
Another one I get a lot from wait staff, including bartenders, is when I order a merlot ("mer-loe") and they correct me and say, "You want a 'mer-lott'?"
Another one I get a lot from wait staff, including bartenders, is when I order a merlot ("mer-loe") and they correct me and say, "You want a 'mer-lott'?"
In the same vein, I once had a bartender look at me with a confused expression on his face when I asked for a glass of Chablis.
Then, his face lit-up and he asked, "Do you mean...Chabb-liss?".
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In the same vein, I once had a bartender look at me with a confused expression on his face when I asked for a glass of Chablis.
Then, his face lit-up and he asked, "Do you mean...Chabb-liss?".
In this little tiny town, I ordered a glass of white wine from a young waiter. He brought me a glass of rose, lightly pink wine. Which I hate. So I said I actually ordered a glass of white wine, not rose. He looked puzzled and said yellow? Would you like yellow wine? Hm. Yes, I would like yellow wine, please. ;D I tipped him well the night he learned to serve yellow wine.
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