Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2024/November

1. (idiomatic, chiefly US, politics, hyperbolic) Said of someone, particularly a politician, who is extremely unpopular.

Today is Election Day in the United States. As this is a presidential election year, voters will be casting ballots for the President and Vice President.

1. (countable) The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
   1. (by extension) A harmonious, ordered whole.
2. (uncountable) Harmony, order.

1. Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.

The American astronomer Carl Sagan, who co-wrote and narrated the award-winning television documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980–1981) and authored its companion book Cosmos (1980), was born on this day 90 years ago in 1934.

1. (economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment.

The word is generally thought to have been coined by the British politician Iain Macleod during a parliamentary speech that he made on this day in 1965.

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.
2. (figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.

The Tempest (written c. 1610–1611) by the English playwright William Shakespeare, was one of 16 of his plays entered into the Stationers’ Register on this day in 1623 according to the Gregorian calendar (8 November by the Julian calendar).