Pronounced: ROS-truhm (alt: RO-struhm), noun
Notes: I thought I knew this word, but it had meanings I did not know
Yesterday’s word
The word zydeco is “popular music of southern Louisiana that combines elements of French and Caribbean music and the blues and that features guitar, washboard, and accordion”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1960s
Background / Comments
There is a legend concerning the origin of this word: that our word came from the lyrics of a popular Cajun dance tune (Les Haricots Sont Pas Sales) — roughly speaking, this is translated as “the beans are not salty”. When spoken in French Creole, “Les Haricots” sounds a bit like “zydeco” and zydeco began to be used for this kind of music.
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