- Today's Word
Groovesome
[groov-suhm]
Definition
- (adjective) This word embodies everything that’s cool, stylish, and effortlessly chic. When something is groovesome, it exudes an irresistible charm that’s hard to resist.
Example
Imagine you’re at a party, and you spot someone with impeccable style and an easygoing attitude. You might say, “Wow, that outfit is so groovesome! They really know how to rock that vintage look.”
Fun Fact
The term “groovy” was popularized in the 1960s during the counterculture movement. It originally referred to music that had a strong, rhythmic beat that made you want to move and groove. Over time, it evolved to describe anything that had a similarly positive and captivating vibe.
(adjective) Of doubtful authenticity; widely circulated but almost certainly not true or not based in fact.
The tale of Washington chopping down the cherry tree is almost certainly apocryphal — a moral fable dressed up as biography and repeated until it became fact.
Apocryphal derives from the Greek apokryphos, meaning “hidden” or “obscure,” from apokryptein — “to hide away” — built from apo- (“away”) and kryptein (“to hide”). It entered English through the ecclesiastical Latin apocrypha, referring to biblical texts excluded from the official canon — writings considered of uncertain or dubious origin. From there it broadened into its modern sense of any story or claim whose authenticity is doubtful despite its wide circulation.