Wednesday Word: Bodacious

bodacious

|bōˈdā sh əs|

adjective

1. South Midland and Southern U.S. thorough; blatant; unmistakable: a bodacious gossip.

2. Slang.

   a. remarkable; outstanding: a bodacious story.

   b. audacious; bold or brazen.

   c. sexy; voluptuous.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps a variant of southwestern English dialect boldacious, blend of bold and audacious.

Of all people Mae West embodied this word the best. 

"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."