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Apr. 9th, 2025
Word: Cachou
Apr. 9th, 2025 09:01 amWednesday's word is...
...cachou
[kuh-shoo, ka-, kash-oo]
noun
1. a pleasant-smelling lozenge sucked to mask bad breath.
origin
late 16th century (in the sense ‘catechu’): from French, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu. The current sense dates from the early 18th century
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I found it in this poem, a modern translation of a poem of the Roman period. Showing how much can be lost or added in translation!
Time topples Statyllios like a doddery oak by Myrinos (c. 90 BC - AD 50), trans. Tony Harrison
Time topples Statyllios like a doddery oak.
Death hauls the old queen off, but before he goes,
he solemnly dedicates to the God of Cock:
his summer frocks dyed Dayglo puce
one shoulder-length, blonde, greasy, lacquered wig
two glittering, sequined, high-heeled shoes an overnight grip stuffed full of drag
and flutes still smelling of cachous and booze.
...cachou
[kuh-shoo, ka-, kash-oo]
noun
1. a pleasant-smelling lozenge sucked to mask bad breath.
origin
late 16th century (in the sense ‘catechu’): from French, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu. The current sense dates from the early 18th century
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I found it in this poem, a modern translation of a poem of the Roman period. Showing how much can be lost or added in translation!
Time topples Statyllios like a doddery oak by Myrinos (c. 90 BC - AD 50), trans. Tony Harrison
Time topples Statyllios like a doddery oak.
Death hauls the old queen off, but before he goes,
he solemnly dedicates to the God of Cock:
his summer frocks dyed Dayglo puce
one shoulder-length, blonde, greasy, lacquered wig
two glittering, sequined, high-heeled shoes an overnight grip stuffed full of drag
and flutes still smelling of cachous and booze.