new wrinkle



new wrinkle

A clever device or expedient, a novelty, as in The players added a new wrinkle to victory celebrations by tossing their shirts to the crowd after the game . In the form of simply a wrinkle, this expression dates from the mid-1700s, new being added two centuries later.
See also: new, wrinkle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bamber['bæmbə]
Minervami-NUR-və (English)Roman Mythology, English
Sal[sæl]
Tatianatah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Estebe-Basque
Cary['kɛəri]