[Loch-Ruadh] word of the day

[Jane Sitton]

The Word of the Day for October 10 is:  palaver * \puh-LAV-ur or
puh-LAH-vur\ * (noun) 1 a:  a long parley usually between persons of
different cultures or levels of sophistication  *b:  conference, discussion
2 a:  idle talk  b:  misleading or beguiling speech

Example sentence:  Almost every Saturday, Dad and the other men from our
neighborhood would hold a palaver out by the mailbox on the corner.

Did you know?  During the 18th century, Portuguese and English sailors often
met during trading trips along the African coast.  This contact prompted the
English to borrow the Portuguese "palavra," a word for a conference or for
misleading, idle talk.  The Portuguese word traces back to the Late Latin
"parabola," a noun meaning "speech, parable," which in turn comes from the
Greek "parabole," meaning "juxtaposition, comparison."