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The Word of the Day for December 13 is:

glogg \GLUG\ noun
: a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink

Example sentence:
"[The] Gallery will host a Christmas Cheer Weekend.... Johnson's latest barn print will be available, framed or unframed, as well as Swedish cookies and glogg." ([Dubuque] _Telegraph Herald_, December 9, 2004)

Did you know?
Glogg is a holiday favorite in many Scandinavian cultures, where it is commonly served on St. Lucia's Day (December 13) and all around Christmas time. Not surprisingly, the word "glogg" itself (sometimes written as glogg) is of Scandinavian origin; it comes from Swedish and derives from the verb "glodga," meaning "to burn" or "to mull." But although "glogg" may look like it should rhyme with that other notable holiday beverage -- "eggnog" -- the two aren't quite a perfect match. The "o" in "glogg" is pronounced like either the "u" in "nut," the "oo" in "foot," or the more foreign-sounding "oe" in "boeuf," the French word for "beef." "Nog," on the other hand, is generally pronounced with the "o" as in "mop" -- and thus it rhymes with "grog."

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