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Word of the Day for Thursday, July 1, 2010hunky dory \HUHNG-kee-DOHR-ee\, adjective: About as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK. In Greensboro we are continuing along as if everything is hunky dory and, according to the proposed budget, Greensboro will be taking on $70 million in new debt in the next two years. He rounded the curve splendidly, hunky dory. He had broken himself of the habit of saying "hunky dory," it was an ugly expression. Hunky dory is an American coinage from the late 1800s. The source is posited to be an adaptation of New York City slang or perhaps a reference to a street in Japan named Honcho dori, known as a destination for sailors on shore leave. | |||||||||
  How do you define Wonder Woman's costume? Bikini, armor, or what?Diana Prince, better known as Wonder Woman, is a DC Comics superhero as "beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, stronger than Hercules, and swifter than Mercury." Today her iconic costume received a super duper makeover. Among the highlights: the addition of leggings and a jacket. Before the Amazon princess dons her new duds, let's pay tribute to the semantic quandary... | |||||||||
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