New Words

New Words

VOCATION AND AVOCATION

Don't mistake these two words so nearly alike. Vocation is the employment,
business or profession one follows for a living; avocation is some
pursuit or occupation which diverts the person from such employment,
business or profession. Thus

"His vocation was the law, his avocation, farming."

roman a clef (ro-mahn ah KLAY) noun, plural romans a clef

A novel that depicts (usually famous) real people and events
under the guise of fiction.

These days the term can apply to any work of fiction, for example, a movie,
not just a novel. A blend term "faction" has also been used, after "fact"
presented as "fiction".