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Word of the day
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June 2
spaghetti
n
(
countable
,
uncountable
)
A
type
of
pasta
made
in the
shape
of
long
thin
strings
.
(
by extension
,
countable
,
uncountable
)
A
dish
that has spaghetti
(sense 1)
as a
main
part
of it, such as
spaghetti bolognese
.
(
by extension
,
countable
)
Denoting
Italianness
.
(
derogatory
,
informal
)
An
Italian
person
.
(
film
)
Short for
spaghetti western
(
“
a
motion picture
depicting
a
story
of
cowboys
and
desperadoes
set
in the
American
Old West
, but
produced
by an
Italian
-
based
company
and
filmed
in
Europe
, notably in
Italy
”
)
.
(
by extension
,
uncountable
,
informal
,
often
attributively
)
Something
physically
resembling
spaghetti
(sense 1)
in
appearance
or
consistency
, or in being
tangled
.
(
electrical engineering
)
Electrical
insulating
tubing
or electrical
wiring
.
(
road transport
)
Roads
forming
a
complex
junction
, especially one with
multiple
levels
on a
motorway
.
(
uncountable
,
figuratively
,
informal
)
Something
confusing
or
intricate
.
(
programming
,
derogatory
,
informal
)
Short for
spaghetti code
(
“
unstructured
or
poorly
structured
program
source code
, especially
code
with many
GOTO
statements
or their
equivalent
”
)
.
[...]
spaghetti
v
(
informal
)
(
transitive
)
(
humorous
)
To
serve
(someone)
spaghetti
(noun sense 1)
.
To
cause
(someone or something) to
become
, or
appear
to become,
longer
and
thinner
; to
stretch
.
To cause (something) to become
tangled
.
(
intransitive
)
(
humorous
)
To
eat
spaghetti
(noun sense 1)
.
To become, or appear to become, longer and thinner.
To become
tangled
.
Today is
Festa della Repubblica
or Republic Day,
Italy
’s
national day
.
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