Saturday, 1 December 2012

Word of the week (7)

gumption


If only she’d had the gumption to use that word before!

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2 comments:

Friko said...

I like gumption. Hardly anybody uses it these days. I suppose not only the word but its meaning is out of date now.

Linda D said...

I suppose it is a bit old-fashioned but it was a word I could hear an elderly character saying. Perhaps I should start a 'Bring back Gumption' campaign.