http://wordie.org/words/tenement Comments for the word 'Tenement' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/tenement#comments Maybe the "tenn" sound does it. I think of a similar image when I hear this word. Wed, 14 May 2008 21:42:24 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/tenement#comments http://wordie.org/words/tenement#comments This word used to mean "apartment" or "dwelling" with no pejorative connotation. It took on the meaning of an overcrowded slum in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For some reason, it always makes me think of a clutter of antennas on rooftops. Wed, 14 May 2008 19:48:58 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/tenement#comments