The word of the day is "putsch" (from Merriam-Webster)

[gauguin57]

I get the M-W "word of the day" sent to my e-mail. Today's word gave me chills. "Putsch" has been the right-wingers word of the day since Bush Sr. lost the presidency to Clinton!!! Maybe an M-W employee is using today's word as a tribute to Corrine Brown!


The Word of the Day for July 20 is:

putsch \PUCH ("U" is as in "butcher")\ noun
: a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to
overthrow a government

Example sentence:
German theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was
executed for his role in an intricate putsch aimed at
assassinating Adolf Hitler that occurred on July 20, 1944.

Did you know?
In its native Swiss German, "putsch" originally
meant "knock," or "thrust," but these days both German and
English speakers use it to refer to the kind of government
overthrow also known as a "coup d'etat." "Putsch" debuted in
English in June of 1920, just three months after the tumultuous
Kapp Putsch, in which Wolfgang Kapp and his right-wing
supporters attempted to overthrow the German Weimar government.
Putsch attempts were common in Weimar Germany, so the word
appeared often in the stories of the English journalists who
described the insurrections. Adolf Hitler himself even attempted
a putsch (known as the Beer Hall Putsch), but he ultimately
gained control of the German government via other means.

[ThatPoetGuy]

1. I dunno, maybe the date has something to do with it?

The Word of the Day for July 20 is:

...

German theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was
executed for his role in an intricate putsch aimed at
assassinating Adolf Hitler that occurred on July 20, 1944.

[gauguin57]

2. ahhhh ... didn't even catch that.

Thank you, PoetGuy.

Still freaked me out to see that word in my e-mailbox.