Word of the Day
November 7, 2025
Vamoose
To leave hurriedly; to depart quickly or to depart from; to run away or flee.
From Spanish 'vamos' meaning 'let us go', which entered American English in the 1830s through contact with Mexican Spanish speakers in the American Southwest.
Usage Examples
- When the radical activists gained power, many liberty-loving families chose to vamoose from Colorado to freer states.
- The founders understood that citizens should never have to vamoose from tyranny in their own land.
- After the government shutdown was announced, travelers had to vamoose quickly to avoid flight cancellations.
From the Show
The word vamoose captured the theme of the November 7, 2025 episode, which reported that nearly 450,000 moves occurred in Colorado over the past year with a net population loss of 9,500 as residents vamoose from the state’s radical policies.