Word Of The Week #84
Word Of The Week -- giblets
Definition: gib·lets (jĭb'lĭts)
n.The heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
Etymology: [Middle English: gibelet, from Old French, game stew, perhaps alteration of *giberet, from gibier, game.]
Obscurity: 15% (Ooo! I know that one!)
Usefulness: 75% (Common parlance in conversational English.)
Examples:
(def. 1) "Patrick threw out the giblets like a dumb-ass, so we're stuck with powdered gravy this Thanksgiving."
I worked at Brown's Chicken in high school (and between semesters when I was in college, too) so I am quite familiar with chicken giblets (we sold breaded & deep-fried chicken livers and gizzards as side orders, by the half-pound) although I wouldn't eat them even if you paid me.
Checking various definitions for WOTW possibilities today, I was amused at how similar the definition for offal given at Dictionary.com is to the definition of giblets. One might surmise that the real difference between "edible" and "inedible" organ meats is what an individual is willing to choke down. As a stand-up comedian whose name I forget once put it, "The guy who invented head cheese was hungry."
On that note, I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday! Or as it's known to alivicwil, "Thursday." ;)
--- Ajax.