Word of the Day for Wednesday 19th March 2014
Phenom \ FEE-nom, fi-NOM \, noun;
1 Slang. a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy: a twelve-year-old tennis phenom.
Quotes:
"...You're a phenomha. What is the word? Maybe I can't say it, Arnie. But it's what you are. Phenon. A phenom ?"
-- Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, 1991
The roommate was a late admit and supposedly some kind of baseball
phenom. -- Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding , 2011
Origin:
Phenom is simply a shortening of the word phenomenon . This colloquial term has been used in English since the late 1800’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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