This week’s theme
Whose what?

This week’s words
Chekhov's gun
Parkinson's law
Barney's bull
John Thomson's man
collier's faith

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(jon THOM-suhnz man)

MEANING:

noun: A man excessively submissive to his woman.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps the original form was Joan Thomson’s man. Earliest documented use: 1513. Some other adjectives to describe such a man are uxorious and henpecked.

USAGE:

“You know what they call you, don’t you? I hear it because they forget I’m your son sometimes. A John Thomson’s man. Someone who’s given up being a man in his own house.”
Robert Crichton; The Camerons; Knopf; 1972.

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