Sunday, December 13, 2009

Word of the Day: quidnunc

quidnunc (n)

A nosy person; busybody.

"Close the blinds," Mildred commanded. "Do you want every passing quidnunc to know you're a beer-swilling couch tuber?"
--Leahcim Setag, Strange Loops

A guy at work brews and bottles his own beer in his basement, and he gave me some on Friday to try -- a dark stout. Not bad, though it lacks fizz. I told him he should create his own brand and label. (He uses recycled beer bottles and keeps the original labels.) Something like "Kraut & Kelt" beer -- he's German and Irish and uses that as his AIM name. But it's up to him. Don't want to be a quidnunc....

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