bodacious

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The Word of the Day for September 26 is: 

bodacious   \boh-DAY-shuss\   adjective
     1 Southern & Midland : outright, unmistakable
    *2 : remarkable, noteworthy
     3 : sexy, voluptuous

Example sentence:
          “Bears are not picky eaters especially in the spring, after they wake 
up from their winter hibernation with a bodacious appetite.” (George Osgood, 
_Star-Gazette_ [Elmira, New York], May 12, 2007)

Did you know?
     Some of our readers may know “bodacious” as a word that figured 
prominently in the lingo of the 1989 film _Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure_. 
Others may recall the term’s frequent use in the long-running “Snuffy Smith” 
comic strip. Neither the creators of the comic strip nor the movie can claim to 
have coined “bodacious,” which actually first appeared in print in 1832, but 
both likely contributed to its popularity. The exact origin of the word is 
uncertain, but it was most likely influenced by "bold" and "audacious," and it 
may be linked to "boldacious," a term from British dialect. 





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