Word of the Day — July 27, 2012

Bodega — boh-DAY-gah — a small Mom and Pop type grocery store in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood

Example: "In a Newsweek article on the problematic life of a Latina living in New York, it was stated that 'most problematic was a series of phone calls from a woman whose uncle owned the bodega where Ms. Diallo worked when she first came to the United States.'"