Thursday September 6, 2018
boracic
PRONUNCIATION: (buh-RAS-ik, bo-)
Also brassic (BRA-sik)
MEANING: adjective: Poor or broke.
ETYMOLOGY: Rhyming slang, boracic lint ? skint. Boracic lint was a type of medical dressing dipped in a solution of boracic/boric acid. See more at skint. Earliest documented use: 1959.
USAGE: “I have nothing. I am broke. Boracic. Poor.” Michelle Smart; The Sicilian’s Unexpected Duty; Harlequin; 2014.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of dogmas or goals, it’s always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. -Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (6 Sep 1928-2017)