bodacious

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The Word of the Day for September 26 is:=20

bodacious   \boh-DAY-shuss\   adjective
     1 Southern & Midland : outright, unmistakable
    *2 : remarkable, noteworthy
     3 : sexy, voluptuous

Example sentence:
          =E2=80=9CBears are not picky eaters especially in the spring, =
after they wake up from their winter hibernation with a bodacious appeti=
te.=E2=80=9D (George Osgood, _Star-Gazette_ [Elmira, New York], May 12, =
2007)

Did you know?
     Some of our readers may know =E2=80=9Cbodacious=E2=80=9D as a word =
that figured prominently in the lingo of the 1989 film _Bill and Ted's E=
xcellent Adventure_. Others may recall the term=E2=80=99s frequent use i=
n the long-running =E2=80=9CSnuffy Smith=E2=80=9D comic strip. Neither t=
he creators of the comic strip nor the movie can claim to have coined =E2=
=80=9Cbodacious,=E2=80=9D which actually first appeared in print in 1832=
, but both likely contributed to its popularity. The exact origin of the=
 word is uncertain, but it was most likely influenced by "bold" and "aud=
acious," and it may be linked to "boldacious," a term from British diale=
ct.=20





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