Self-reported average energy intake of 2,640 calories for men and 1,785 calories per day for women is within current USDA recommendations. However, since the majority of men and women in the U.S. are overweight or obese, many are eating more calories than they require.
1. diastema-a gap or vacant space between two teeth. opening, gap-an open or empty space in or between things; there was a small opening between the trees; the explosion made a gap in the wall.
Definition of Zeugma. A zeugma is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase joins together two distinct parts of a sentence. There are a few different definitions of zeugma that illustrate the ways in which this figure of speech works.