Zounds (exclamation) (archaic)
zow-nds
Expressing surprise or indignation.
Late 16th century: contraction from (God)’s wounds (i.e. those of Christ on the Cross).
Example sentences
“Zounds! You nearly hit that iceberg then.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
