DOUG'S WORD OF THE WEEK

Methuselah / meh-THOO-zuh-luh / noun: 1. An extremely old man.
2. An oversized wine bottle holding approx. 6 liters.

Notes & Etymology: From the biblical figure Methuselah, who was said to have lived 969 years. Methuselah is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Enoch and the grandfather of Noah. As an aside, the oldest known living non-clonal organism is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine appropriately named Methuselah. The plant is 4,841 years old.

Usage: “Five restaurant years would be about equivalent to 30 human years, so Bambino's, which has been around since 1983, is a veritable Methuselah among eateries. ”
A.C. Stevens; Why Cook Tonight?; The Boston Herald; Feb 11, 2001