satori

Pronounced: suh-TORE-ee, noun

Notes: I thought this might be related with how one dresses, but no… you may get it if you have the right background

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Yesterday’s word

The word klatsch is “a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation”

First usage

Our word came into English in the 1950s

Background / Comments

Our word comes from the German word Klatsch (chitchat, gossip). I think I have run across something that was posing as our word, but my recollection is that it was misspelled or mispronounced. I remember reading about something that fits our word, but was written as “a coffee klutch”; I’m pretty sure it was supposed to be “klatsch”. It was a long time ago, and I don’t remember where I read it.

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Rejected word

The word bevy (BEH-vee) came up, but I’ve run across it in reading and I had a good idea of the meaning. I have heard it used for a collection of quail, and that turned out to be one of the meanings. I have also read the word in Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout. The character Archie Goodwin refers to “a bevy of beautiful maidens” – I thought that the word therefore meant a large group, and that is also correct. It’s original meaning was used for a group of deer, quail, larks, or young ladies. From there has become more generalized to a large number.