Word of the Week
S01 E18: Kaput
Season 1 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Here’s a funny-sounding word that never fails.
This funny-sounding word never fails, especially when describing something that has been completely and utterly destroyed.
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Word of the Week is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Word of the Week
S01 E18: Kaput
Season 1 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
This funny-sounding word never fails, especially when describing something that has been completely and utterly destroyed.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] The word of the week is kaput.
When someone or something is totally finished, destroyed, or unable to function, we can say it's kaput.
English borrowed the word from German, which borrowed it from a French word used in a card game called piquet.
You could say the original meaning of the word is now... kaput.
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Word of the Week is a local public television program presented by WTVP