This week's theme: coined words. locust years (LO-kuhst yeerz) noun
A period of economic hardship. [Coined by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to refer to the mid 1930s in Britain, after "the years that the locust hath eaten" from the Bible, Joel 2:25.] -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "President Olusegun Obasanjo's numerous foreign trips have been rationalized on account of rebuilding the country's global image, dented during the country's locust years of military dictatorship." Charles Onunaiju; National Power and Foreign Policy; The Vanguard Daily (Nigeria); Sep 14, 2000. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=ax3&ad=aw Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ Half the truth is often a great lie. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/locust_years.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/locust_years.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/locust_years.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
