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simonize (SY-muh-nyz) verb tr.
To shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax. [After Simoniz, a trademark.] "As they polish the block and simonize the table, the block will go progressively farther ...." Leon Lederman, Blackboard bungle, The Sciences, Jan 2, 1995. This week's theme: brand names that have entered the dictionary. ............................................................................. Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. -Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) [The Devil's Dictionary] What to give to the person who has everything? Give the gift of words. Here is a gift that keeps on giving. To enter a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day, please visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html To subscribe yourself, use http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/simonize.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/simonize.ram
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