Thursday, November 3
Vocabulary 101
Main Entry: ga·zelle
Pronunciation: guh-'zel
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): gazelled /guh-'zeld/; also chiefly dialect gazelle; ga·zelled; ga·zell·ing
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Arabic ghazAl
: to play masterful and graceful football on one's feet; to daunt and vault over an opposing defense with non-chalant nimbleness.
"Vince Young can gazelle his way to scores on his own."
Courtesy of the Broccoli Landers American Heritage Dictionary
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Pronunciation: guh-'zel
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): gazelled /guh-'zeld/; also chiefly dialect gazelle; ga·zelled; ga·zell·ing
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Arabic ghazAl
: to play masterful and graceful football on one's feet; to daunt and vault over an opposing defense with non-chalant nimbleness.
"Vince Young can gazelle his way to scores on his own."
Courtesy of the Broccoli Landers American Heritage Dictionary
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Great sentiment, but how about trying to spell nonchalant correctly?
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