Words of the Week: Zeitgeist/new year's/shutterbug

Zeitgeist \TSYT-guyst; ZYT-guyst\, noun:
[Often capitalized] The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time.

"The best writers of that predawn era were originals who had the zeitgeist by the tail."
-- Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz: The First Century

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new year's

A holiday that celebrates the idea of all the good things that will happen in another year. Most people use this time to get drunk.

"What better way to start off a new year than with a head-splitting hangover, the stench of vomit on your clothes, and a DWI."
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shutterbug

a photography enthusiast