Monday, April 19, 2010

Word of the Week #10

1. Nixed
2. Before I'd even thought to ask, one of the two soldiers escorted me, Arkansas National Guardsman Mikel Brooks, nixed the prospect of looking inside the freeze he and another soldier said contained "30 or 40" bodies. Source: Myth-Making in New Orleans from Mass Media Textbook
3. Verb: to veto; refuse to agree to; prohibit
4. After arguing for about an hour with my friend, I stilled nixed his idea to ditch school.

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