This week’s theme
Contractions

This week’s words
bolshie
lackadaisical
blitz
zounds
extrality

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PRONUNCIATION:

(zaundz)

MEANING:

interjection: Used to express surprise or indignation.

ETYMOLOGY:

Contraction of God’s wounds! Earliest documented use: 1593.

USAGE:

“Zounds, you may be saying, it’s disheartening to think that the esteemed Jersey columnist would have stooped to that.”
Neil Genzlinger; Sometimes the Medium Is the Message; The New York Times; Feb 18, 2001.

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