nary

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The notion that venting our anger produces a cathartic experience that will reduce our rage and improve our psychological state is widespread even among mental health professionals. Decades ago, therapists like the one played by Billy Crystal began advocaing we vent our anger by assaulting benign objects and nary a couch pillow has felt safe ever since.
最後の文に出てきた "nary" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: informal or dialect form of not: By the time the film was about to begin, nary a chair was left unoccupied.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: not a single: survived the accident with nary a scratch
語源も調べます。
・Online Etymology Dictionary: 1746, alteration of ne'er a, short for never a.
覚えやすそうな単語ですね。