{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY March 2, 2019--- vox populi

WORD OF THE DAY March 2, 2019

vox populi    noun | VOKS-POP-yoo-lye     Definition   : popular sentiment   Scroll down for more about vox populi      TRENDING NOW: churlish perdition trenchant con man SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 3/1/19       'Gormless' — Video Word of the Day 3/1/2019     Ye Olde Nincompoop       Your Grandparents' Dirty Dancing         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   February 2019 Words of the Day Quiz   The "we still have another month of winter" quiz     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Vox populi is a Latin phrase that literally translates as "the voice of the people." It can be found in the longer maxim, Vox populi, vox Dei, which means "The voice of the people is the voice of God." Many people think that expression means that the people are always right, but it really implies that the will of the masses—right or wrong—is often irresistible. Since the mid-20th century, English speakers, especially British ones, have trimmed vox populi down to the abbreviated form vox pop, an expression used particularly for popular opinion as it is used and expressed by the media.     Examples of VOX POPULI   "As has increasingly been the case in the six years since officials instituted a fan-voting component in 2012, acts ultimately chosen for induction also strongly reflect the vox populi: Def Leppard won that balloting this year, collecting more than 500,000 votes among the total of 3.3 million entered in the fan competition." — Randy Lewis, The Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2018   "While the Academy is certainly no stranger to controversy, they surely don't want to court it openly with hires that turn out to be less than ideal. Not to mention, the Academy Awards on the whole have become subject to somewhat of a critical reevaluation by the vox populi." — Mike Reyes, Cinema Blend, 11 Jan. 2019   Test Your Vocabulary   Fill in the blanks to complete a noun for preconceived judgment or opinion: p _ e _ ud _ _ e.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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