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8.09.2005

Email from my sister:

chapfallen. do you really think Bon Jovi used this word in a sentence?

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Subject: A.Word.A.Day--chapfallen
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:03:22 -0400
From: Wordsmith
To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org

chapfallen or chopfallen (CHAP-faw-luhn, chop-) adjective
Dejected or dispirited.
[From chap or chop (jaw) + fallen.]

"Jon Bon Jovi, the New Jersey rock 'n' roller, says he's chapfallen
and desolate over rumors that his band is about to break up."
Chris Reidy; Bon Jovi's Funk; Boston Globe; Aug 7, 1990.