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omerta (o-MER-tah) noun
Secrecy sworn to by oath; code of silence. [Italian.] "Roth wrote that Congress should take further steps to make sure IRS employees aren't held to a mafia-like omerta, code of silence, so they can `share information necessary for appropriate oversight and reform.'" Senator: IRS targeting whistle-blowers, Las Vegas Review - Journal, Mar 23, 1999. This week's theme: words from the Italian language. ............................................................................. In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep. -Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone." Invite your friends and family to join in the quest by sending a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. It is free! http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/omerta.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/omerta.ram
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