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May 25, 2016
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with Anu Garghappenchance
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: A chance occurrence. adjective: Resulting from chance. ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of happenstance, a blend of happening + circumstance. Earliest
documented use: 1847.
USAGE:
“Whether this came from happenchance or a carefully crafted winning
formula is not clear.” Richard Kitheka; Author Jackie Collins Revealed Hollywood Decadence to World; Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya); Oct 9, 2015. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What's madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? -Theodore
Roethke, poet (25 May 1908-1963)
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