Word for Today - August 30, 2009

prosaic - pro-ZAY-ik - ordinary, ho-hum - flat

Example: NY artist tried to capture the city's odors as a work of art, saying, ' As my nostrils led me from Manhattan's northernmost end to its southern tip, some prosaic scents recurred (cigarette butts; suntan lotion; fried foods); some were singular and sublime (a delicate trail of flowers mingling with Indian curry); while others proved revoltingly unique (the garbage outside a nail salon). '"