Synonym a Day

[This term derives from the Lotophagi, a group of people described in Homer’s Odyssey who eat lotuses and live in a state of lazy contentment]. All the ingredients are here: the innocent/not-so-innocent celebration of sensual pleasure; the mix of locals with wannabe locals from Europe and Latin America [and the] sense that just about any law can be ignored or manipulated. The South Beach cocktail. I’ve been here for less than 24 hours and part of me is already seduced, like a lotus-eater, by the manifold pleasures of this place. (Don George, Travel Essay/South Beach’s Manifold Pleasures, Newsday, 01-26-2001.)