chatoyant \shuh-TOY-unt\ - having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light
What a wonderful new word. I'm not sure I'll ever have cause to use it, but I really like it! (Oh, who am I kidding; I pretty much like all new words.)
macaroni \mak-uh-ROH-nee\ - 1. pasta made from semolina and shaped in the form of slender tubes 2. an affected young man : fop
How could I have sung this song all these decades and never learned this second definition? It makes great sense, though, now that I know the history.
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