We are having presentations in class today--YAY!!!!
Also, we are having a class potluck:
The origin of the word "potluck" from the Oxford English Dictionary:
1. One's luck or chance with regard to what may be in the pot (i.e. cooked and available to eat), used originally and chiefly in reference to a person's accepting another's hospitality at a meal without any special preparation having been made. Freq. in to take potluck : to dine on whatever happens to be available; (now also more generally) to take one's chances, to take whatever is available; to be willing to take whatever one is given.
Pronunciation:
Brit.
/ˈpɒtˈlʌk/
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U.S.
/ˈpɑtˈlək/
Etymology:
< pot n.1 + luck n.In sense 2 now frequently associated with potlatch n., although it is unlikely that this played any part in the development of this sense.
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