This week's theme: words formed by contraction. druthers (DRUTH-uhrz) noun
One's own way; preference. [Plural of druther, contraction of "'d rather", as in "I/he/etc. would rather ..."] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=druthers -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "If I had my druthers I would go, but I don't think I would a) be able to get my innings over there that I would be able to get here, and b) get the treatment I need." Rob Bradford; Road Back Unfamiliar; Boston Globe; Mar 18, 2008. Sponsors' messages: Are you smart enough for an Uppityshirt? Try one on for size! http://uppityshirts.com You're right, most brainstorming doesn't work (find out why), but Productive Thinking does (find out how). http://tenkaizen.com ............................................................................ All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952) Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/druthers.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/druthers.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/druthers.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
