Pronounced: uh-STRIN-juhnt, adj/noun
Notes: This doesn’t mean what I thought it did
Yesterday’s word
The word comix refers to comic books or comic strips (but see comments below).
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1960s
Background / Comments
Some people make a distinction between our word and “comics” by saying that our word refers to graphic novels intended for a mature audience – not necessarily prurient material; it could also be luridly political. I’m not really into comic books, so I’ve never run across our word. It is just comics with “cs” changed to “x” — much like “chicken pox” was once “chicken pocks”.
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 