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Word of the day: Barbecue
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In an age where AI and Donald Trump have left many doubting the truth, US dictionary Merriam-Webster has revealed 2023’s most looked-up word. Photo: Pexels
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Today’s word of the day is:
Barbecue
Barbecue: noun– pieces of meat, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted or smoked over a fire, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce
Pronunciation: bahr-bi-kyoo
First recorded in 1655–65; from Spanish barbacoa, from Arawak (perhaps Taíno ) barbacoa is “a raised frame of sticks”
Example: They barbecued a chicken and some steaks for dinner.
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