lagniappe
[ lan-yap, lan-yap ]
noun
a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
The word lagniappe “a gratuity, a tip” has wandered a very long way, indeed, from its original home.
People rightly associate lagniappe with New Orleans, The Big Easy, renowned for its wonderful food, jazz, etc.; Mark Twain discusses lagniappe in his Life on the Mississippi (1883, chapter 44).
Most Americans would think that lagniappe is a French word, which it is, but Louisiana French, not standard French (lagniappe is not a headword in the online Trésor de la Langue Française).
Lagniappe comes from Spanish la ñapa, la yapa, la llapa with the same meaning.
Ñapa, yapa, llapa in turn comes from Quechua yápa “something a little extra, a bonus,” in Irish English “a tilly” (from Irish Gaelic tuilleadh “an additional item or amount&rdquo😉.
Yápa a derivative of the verb yapay “to give more.”
Quechua is the language of the Incas, still vigorous and flourishing in the Andes of South America.
Lagniappe entered English in the middle of the 19th century.
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i hope i lagniappe all you folks by the end of the day
@very-rusty saidcan you use it in a sentence?
jackass
[ jak-as ]SHOW IPA
SEE SYNONYMS FOR jackass ON THESAURUS.COM
noun
a male donkey.
a contemptibly foolish or stupid person; dolt; blockhead; ass. Considered an insult.
-VR
@lemondrop saidLOL....I could but I am not going to this is about "A word everyday, its meaning and a use". I believe I've covered that from the dictionary it was quoted from. 😉
can you use it in a sentence?
-VR
@very-rusty saida use means using it in a sentence
LOL....I could but I am not going to this is about "A word everyday, its meaning and a use". I believe I've covered that from the dictionary it was quoted from. 😉
-VR
you have not complied yet
@lemondrop saidWhich I have no intentions of using in a sentence.
a use means using it in a sentence
you have not complied yet
It would be against the TOS as you know and considered name calling.
Do you think I just got off the turnip boat? 😉 😛
-VR
@very-rusty saidmaybe you don't understand words
Which I have no intentions of using in a sentence.
It would be against the TOS as you know and considered name calling.
Do you think I just got off the turnip boat? 😉 😛
-VR
you can use jackass in a sentence without offending someone
ex.
The jackass was playing a doodlebag.
see, I didn't offend anyone
@lemondrop saidAre you sure?
maybe you don't understand words
you can use jackass in a sentence without offending someone
ex.
The jackass was playing a doodlebag.
see, I didn't offend anyone
-VR
@very-rusty saidYour ridiculous Boy Scout posing is also just as offensive.
Which I have no intentions of using in a sentence.
It would be against the TOS as you know and considered name calling.
Do you think I just got off the turnip boat? 😉 😛
-VR
After some of the things you've said in these forums, your holding up the ToS feels like a sick joke.
Do you think the rest of us just fell off the turnip truck? (I didn't know they shipped turnips by boat.)
@lemondrop saidMy very inconsiderate neighbour was hammering on my door at 3am this morning.
doodlesack
Scottish bagpipe
He would play his doodlesack every morning
Fortunately I was still up playing my bagpipes.