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This week's theme Prepositions. This week's words pace maugre ere circa chez Next week's theme Portmanteaux. Give a gift that ... keeps on giving, all year long A gift subscription of AWAD Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg chez PRONUNCIATION: (shay) MEANING: At the place of. (for example, at the home of, business of, etc.) ETYMOLOGY: From French chez, from Latin casa (cottage). The word is often used in the names of restaurants, for example, Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. USAGE: "Then there was a debauched evening in Richmond chez Nicky Haslam, of which the less said the better." Jessica Brinton; People Like Them; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Oct 26, 2008. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for. -Laurence J. Peter, educator and author (1919-1990)

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