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Word of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2011chortle \CHOR-tl\, transitive and intransitive verb: 1. To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle. noun: Benjamin himself chortled now, an odd laugh to which I grew accustomed in years to come. Even Isaksson's stern wife, who rarely cracked a smile, chortled with glee, and Old Mothstead slapped his thighs and flapped his apron and danced around the couple, who moved in ever larger rings amongst the kegs. A nation that was used to chortling over Charlie Chaplin or rejoicing with the high-stepping Ziegfeld girls found itself drawn to this more refined, decidedly European entertainment. Chortle a combination of chuckle and snort. It was coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872. | |||||||||
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  If you've followed the Charlie Sheen media phenomenon, here's a word you may want to knowCharlie Sheen's debaucherous behavior and bizarre diatribes have made him the tabloid darling of the moment. There's an "I can't look, but I can't not look" mentality around all-too-frequent celebrity meltdowns. If you find yourself watching other people self-destruct then you may be more familiar with the term "Schadenfreude" than you think. What does this... | |||||||||
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