You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for May 27.

Sun Screen Day

Today’s word is plot, spelled p-l-o-t.

plot /plɒt $ plɑːt/ noun [countable]

the story of a book, film, play, etc.

The movie has a very simple plot.

The plots of his books are basically all the same.

It takes a fair amount of concentration to follow the movie's labyrinthine plot.

We discover that Jack isn’t as innocent as he seems, as the plot unfolds (=gradually becomes clearer).

Her books are page-turners, and yet there is more going on in them than just the mechanics of a clever plot …

— Robin McKinley, New York Times Book Review, 17 May 1987

To get into any plot details past this point is to play hopscotch in a minefield.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, "‘The Woman in the Window’: Amy Adams Gets Rear-Windowed," 14 May 2021

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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