I came across the word while doing research for my genre expert share project for LTED 618. I was browsing through a favorite book of mine, Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican when I saw the word ubiquitous. The sentence read: "the thick sweetness of women's perfume mixing with the ever present smells of food cooking in the kitchen: meat and plantain pasteles, the ubiquitous rice dish made special with pigeon peas--gandules--and seasoned with the precious sofrito."
Level of Familiarity
Seeing as I read this book before, I have 100% encountered this word before. I also came across it recently in reading for class, I believe in Hicks (2012) for LTED 618. I don't really know what it means, even though once I brought it up in our class (625) and Dr. Hopkins provided a definition for it, I do not remember it. Based on the above context, I think the word means "special" or "a staple" like a necessity.
What it Means
Dictionary.com defines the word as:
wɪ
existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.
Reflective Commentary
I was way off with the "special" definition, but a little closer with the "staple." I thought it could mean that because of how popular rice is in Puerto Rican cooking.The word itself sounds unique and special though, so I find it odd that for something that can be found everywhere can be called something so unique sounding. Hopefully this will help me remember the word once and for all.
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