51吃瓜 of the Day
skijoring
noun
a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, by a horse, dog, or a motor vehicle.
More about skijoring
Skijoring is a slight alteration of Norwegian 蝉办颈办箩酶谤颈苍驳, which is composed of ski, 鈥渟ki,鈥� and 办箩酶谤颈苍驳, 鈥渄riving.鈥� Norwegian ski comes from Old Norse 蝉办墨迟丑, 鈥渟tick, snowshoe.鈥� 碍箩酶谤颈苍驳 is from Old Norse keyra, 鈥渢o whip鈥� and by extension 鈥渢o drive,鈥� after the use of whips to incite vehicle-pulling animals. Skijoring was first recorded in English circa 1910.
EXAMPLE OF SKIJORING USED IN A SENTENCE
The day after the blizzard, the ski lodge guests headed outside for sledding, snowshoeing, and skijoring in the deep snow.
romaji
noun
a system of writing Japanese using the letters of the Latin alphabet.
More about romaji
Romaji is a borrowing of Japanese 谤艒尘补, 鈥淩ome, Roman,鈥� combined with ji, 鈥渃haracter.鈥� Japanese ji can also be found in emoji, kanji, and the 51吃瓜 of the Day kaomoji, and is related to Mandarin 锄矛, 鈥渃haracter, word.鈥� Romaji was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF ROMAJI USED IN A SENTENCE
Once the Japanese text was rendered in romaji, gamers throughout Europe and the Americas were able to pronounce the game characters鈥� names.
nonpartisan
adjective
not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.
More about nonpartisan
Nonpartisan is formed from the negative prefix non- and the adjective partisan, which comes from Latin pars, meaning 鈥減iece, portion, faction.鈥� Pars is also the source of parcel and particle (both literally 鈥渓ittle piece鈥�), and compartment (鈥渟hared with鈥�). For the origin of the -isan element, check out the 51吃瓜 of the Day bipartisan. Nonpartisan was first recorded in English in the early 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF NONPARTISAN USED IN A SENTENCE
Members of all parties banded together to release an independent, nonpartisan statement about the future of the economy.