Welcome to another exciting installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving -- but don't let all that leftover turkey put your brain to sleep. Here's the Word of the Week to help perk up your neural synapses:
Conundrum --
Main Entry: co·nun·drum
Pronunciation: \kə-ˈnən-drəm\
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1645
1 : a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun2 a : a question or problem having only a conjectural answer b : an intricate and difficult problem
"conundrum." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
Merriam-Webster Online. 3 December 2009
Example: The conundrum of how to accomplish all of her Christmas shopping and stay within her budget seemed unsolvable for Laura until the day after Thanksgiving, when she won $10,000 in the lottery (I wish).
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