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Word of the day July 2
The Word of the Day for July 2 is:
redbrick • \RED-brick\ • (adjective) 1. built of red brick; 2 often capitalized: of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century
A little more information about today’s word:
Although red brick is a perfectly innocent building material in America, the British usage of "redbrick" is often potentially uncomplimentary. "Redbrick" is a British coinage created to denote the universities which were newer and perhaps less prestigious than Oxford and Cambridge (and sometimes the ancient universities of Scotland). These newer universities tended to be constructed of red brick, rather than the stone used for Oxford and Cambridge, and were most often created in industrial cities such as Liverpool. Sometimes the term is also used to distinguish these universities from those built after World War II. Limited evidence suggests that "redbrick" may be developing an extended meaning of "lower-class" or "working class," but this is not established enough to merit dictionary entry.
My sentence (using definition #2):
Maureen graduated with a Redbrick degree three years ago and now works in London.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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