Smart and Beautiful Word: Syncope

Rep't this word o'er and o'er and o'er again. It gets cooler every time you say it, but can make you a little dizzy.

SYNCOPE (pronounced SIN-koe-pee or sing-kuh-pee)
–noun

1.	Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.

2.	Pathology. brief loss of consciousness associated with transient cerebral anemia, as in heart block, sudden lowering of the blood pressure, etc.; fainting.

Greek origins.