Lothario

Pronounced: low-THAR-ee-oh, noun

Notes: I knew this word, but the background surprised me

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Yesterday’s word

The word poutine is “a dish of French fries covered with brown gravy and cheese curds” (mostly found/used in Canada)

First usage

Our word came into English in the 1980s

Background / Comments

The dish was apparently created in the 1950s. It is not clear if poutine originally came with gravy, or if the gravy was added later. In addition, the origin of our word is uncertain; we know that the English word came from the French Canadian word. It it theorized that our word comes from the English word “pudding”. Another theory is that is came from a Quebec slang word meaning “mess”. The dish has begun to spread into the United States.