Zarzuela (noun)
zah-zweyl-a
A Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and often a satirically treated, topical theme
First used in English between 1885–90. From Spanish, after La Zarzeula, a palace near Madrid where the first performance took place (1629).
Example sentences
“It was a zarzuela on the state of the economy.”
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…)
