SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: WALDO

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:

WALDO

PRONUNCIATION:

(WAL-doh)

MEANING:

(noun)A device for manipulating objects by remote control, for example, a remotely-operated arm.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Waldo F. Jones, an inventor in a science-fiction story by Robert A. Heinlein. Earliest documented use: 1942.

USAGE:

"I stuck my hand back into the waldo ... The remote arms peeled back the thin metal of the gondola."
Ben Bova; Venus; Tor; 2000. wordsmith.org

Lady Supreme!!!!