Whats pumpernickel?
pum*per*nick*el \’pem-per-,nik-el\ n [G, perh. fr. pumpern flatulence + nickel goblin; fr. its reputed indigestibility] (1839) :a dark coarse sourdough bread made of unbolted rye flour Use in a sentence: Megan says, “Yum! Give me some flatulence-goblin bread!” • What’s “slan leat”? Slan leat literally means “Good health with you” in Irish, and is used as Goodbye in Irish (there being no real proper word for Goodbye). The first part, Slan, pronounced Slawn, is allegedly the origin of the American English colloquialism for goodbye, So Long. Use in a sentence: Slan leat, Adam. • What is the meaning of life? You wouldn’t believe the answer to “What is the meaning of life?” if someone told you. Needless to say, whatever it is, it defies explanation. I refer you to the words of that sanctimonious beatnik, Ralph Waldo Emerson: Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a
