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A.Word.A.Day--saponaceous saponaceous (sap-uh-NAY-shus) adjective Soapy, slippery, evasive. [From New Latin saponaceus, from Latin sapon- (soap).] "Is this meant to be a fable about the power of the media (in the person of the saponaceous [Ross]) to expose secrets and destroy relatively innocent lives?" Barbara D. Phillips; Theater: Animal Passions; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Mar 13, 2002. "Perhaps the most revealing incident is the chapter on the kidnapping of Roger Tamraz. Tamraz, a saponaceous Lebanese businessman ..." Walid Harb; Books & the Arts: 'Snake Eat Snake'; The Nation (New York); Jul 19, 1999. This week's theme: words to describe your opponents, vituperation. X-Bonus It (death) comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. -John Donne, poet (1573-1631)

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