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A.Word.A.Day--kvell kvell (kvel) verb intr. To feel proud; to beam; to gloat. [From Yiddish kveln, from German quellen (to gush, to well up).] "However, Chet landed happily at NECN, where he is admired and coddled by management who can't kvell enough about Chet." Monica Collins; 'Dog Days' a Sunny Walk in the Park; Boston Herald; Oct 20, 2002. "His tone dared me not to celebrate, dared me not to kvell." Mimi Harrison; Das Kapital; The Washington Post; Mar 12, 2000. This week's theme: words borrowed from Yiddish. X-Bonus In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects. -J. William Fulbright, US Senator (1905-1995)

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