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Thu 17 Jan, 2013 10:52 pm
"The year before, John’s co-worker had given us a CD of Christmas songs. Despite the worsening condition of my left arm, John and I danced slowly around the house that year to the sounds of the season, loosening up for a meringue number, slowing to appreciate Andrea Bocelli’s soaring version of 'O Come All Ye Faithful.'"
Meringue seems a kind of food.
So what does "loosening up for a meringue number" mean? Number???
@Justin Xu,
You seem to be reading something that includes quite a few bad transcriptions.
In this case, the word that should be used is "merengue", which is a type of dance performed to a particular style of music from the Dominican Republic.
@Justin Xu,
I know meringue (not sure of the spelling) as a wonderful dance. I was once in an auditorium at a university in Mexico during the carnival time, and I remember the whole room dancing, including me who had never danced meringue before. Friends of friends asked me to dance... it was a very happy time.
Oh, and being loosened up could be a good idea.. to dance freely.
@ossobuco,
Copacabana
"....She would merengue, and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar.."
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