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ION, is "broach" a particularly uncommon or advanced vocabulary word? I used it in an email with a co-worker ("we should broach the subject to X...") and she had no idea what it meant. Am I a total snob for being bewildered about her not knowing this?
I don't find it an uncommon word, but then, sometimes there's just a word that some people have never come across, or haven't come across in a particular context.
Broach is a word I would expect people with English as a first language to know. I would avoid it when communicating with people I knew had limited English. But a co-worker I wouldn't think twice about using it.
There are words at times that we just miss learning for some reason. Of course I love when I learn a shiny new one.
Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
the Salem area has a mini-chain of package stores called Bunghole Liquors.
the one in Peabody plays a crucial role as a landmark when I give directions.
I can see this because of the use of the term in barrels but it's still funny.
Of course that word is never not funny.
Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
It is both a noun and a verb.
Hey, all!!!
My hand feels oh so much better today. One wee blister and a patch of oddly thick/white skin, but painfree. Yay!
Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
Isn't that a brooch?
Ah ha:
broach (brōch) pronunciation
tr.v., broached, broach·ing, broach·es.
1.
a. To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.
b. To announce: We broached our plans for the new year.
2. To pierce in order to draw off liquid: broach a keg of beer.
3. To draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.
4. To shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool.
n.
1.
a. A tapered, serrated tool used to shape or enlarge a hole.
b. The hole made by such a tool.
2. A spit for roasting meat.
3. A mason's narrow chisel.
4. A gimlet for tapping or broaching casks.
5. Variant of brooch.
Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
Isn't that a brooch? Or did I totally make up that word, since now it seems totally wrong?
Yes, there's brooch and broach.
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Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
I thought "broach" was a cooking method (not really).