The painful condition called shingles takes its name from Latin cingulum, meaning belt, because the inflammation often appears as a belt-like band around the torso. The Latin root of cingulum, cingere, meaning to gird, is also the source of cinch, a...
rapresario n.— «Rumors have been swirling this morning that rapresario Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) was in a plane crash this morning.» —“Jay-Z in a Plane Crash—NOT TRUE” TMZ.com May 4, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued...
