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Aug 24, 2012 This week's theme Slang This week's words wiseacre naff suss lulu jazz This week's comments AWADmail 530 Next week's theme Usage examples that are food for thought Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg jazz PRONUNCIATION: (jaz) MEANING: noun: 1. A style of music characterized by improvisation. 2. Etcetera (in the phrase: and all that jazz). 3. Nonsense. verb tr.: 1. To enliven (in the phrase: to jazz up). 2. To exaggerate or lie. ETYMOLOGY: Of undetermined origin, perhaps a variant of slang jasm (energy, vigor). Earliest documented use: 1912. USAGE: "They had energy and passion and all that jazz." Many Phases Later; The Irish Times (Dublin); Dec 10, 2011. "Don't give me any of that jazz about hope or nonsense about righteousness." Bob Dylan; Chronicles: Volume 1; Simon & Schuster; 2004. "With so much stress at work, what can we do to jazz up our mood." Misha Paul; Jazz Up Your Work Station; The Times of India (New Delhi); Aug 8, 2011. Explore "jazz" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer. -Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (1913-1983)

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