Word Du Jour: ’sputum’
A noun, pronounced SPEW-tem, meaning:
Matter coughed up and usually ejected from the mouth, including saliva, foreign material, and substances such as mucus or phlegm, from the respiratory tract.
This word recently lead to the drubbing of Jerry Cipriano at the hands of Katie Couric.
During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry […]