SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: TRIFFID

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY

TRIFFID 

PRONUNCIATION:

(TRIF-id, TRY-fid)

MEANING:

(noun): An out-of-control plant that overruns everything around it. Also, anything that behaves in this manner.

ETYMOLOGY:

After triffids, a species of plants in the science-fiction novel, The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham. From Latin tri- (three) + findere (to split). Earliest documented use: 1951.

 USAGE:

"In a triffid's world, the only thing that matters is making money and the ability to make more money."
Rusty Markland; The World Hates A Salesman; Xlibris; 2011. wordsmith.org

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