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Word of the Day: Swanky
It is a lot of fun to stay in a swanky hotel.
The Savoy in Covent Garden, London, is the first example of this type of hotel that I can think of.
It probably sticks in my mind because a Canadian politician once stayed there at the Canadian taxpayers’ expense.
Canadians were outraged when they learned they had paid for her sixteen-dollar-a-glass orange juice.
She had to repay all the costs of her stay at the Savoy… including her super-expensive orange juice.
But I digress.
To get back to the Word of the Day, swanky is a term we can all relate to.
It’s used to describe something costly and fashionable.
It could be anything, including a new car, house or dress.
If it is expensive and fashionable, and you want people to see that you have or are using it, it is swanky.
So, remember, even orange juice can be swanky if it’s $16.00 a glass.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 72.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.