Churrasco (noun)
chu-ras-ko
A South American dish of steak barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire.
South American Spanish, probably from Spanish dialect churrascar ‘to burn’, related to Spanish soccarar ‘to scorch’.
Example sentences
“A churrasco of rib eye with bacon.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
