bogart

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 23, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>bogart</strong> &#149; \BOH-gahrt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> to cause (someone) to do something by means of force or coercion <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bully#h2">bully</a></p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> to use the entirety of or consume without sharing</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"At the end of a long day, it's tempting to dive into your social feeds or Netflix queue the minute you've finished eating. But back before screens <em>bogarted</em> all our free time, an after-dinner stroll was a popular activity and one associated with improved health and digestion." — <a href="https://time.com/5405778/walking-after-eating-good-for-you/">Markham Reid, <em>Time</em>, 26 Sept. 2018</a></p> <p>"'Are you a woman or a detective?' Wellington asks during, like, his millionth bout of frustration. 'Why should there be a distinction?' Eliza retorts, and this <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riposte">riposte</a>-free game continues to go round and round, with Eliza <em>bogarting</em> clues and dancing a few steps ahead of him at every turn." — <a href="https://www.salon.com/2021/01/17/miss-scarlet-and-the-duke-review-pbs-masterpiece/">Melanie McFarland, <em>Salon</em>, 17 Jan. 2021</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>The legendary film actor Humphrey Bogart was known for playing a range of tough characters in a series of films throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including <em>The Maltese Falcon</em>, <em>Casablanca</em>, and <em>The African Queen</em>. The men he portrayed often possessed a cool, hardened exterior that occasionally let forth a suggestion of romantic or idealistic sentimentality. Bogart also had a unique method of smoking cigarettes in these pictures—letting th