le concept du jour

pantheism

trevor orders a latte in NZ

barista: that'll be four teein
t: how much?
b: four teein
t: fourteen?!
b: four teein!
t: [looks at her like she's crazy] it's fourteen dollars for a latte?!
b: TEEIN!
t: [shakes his head] ........ oh wait, four TEN??
b: YEEIS!!

someone really needs to teach (west coast) kiwis to pronounce their vowels properly! :P

today's wordoftheday is ...

haecceity
(because hypokeimenon is so passé)

genealogy

i had previously been aware that surnames came into popular use in 12th-century Europe, and that many people came to be identified by what they did for a living. a blacksmith named John, became John Smith. a man who made his living grinding flour from grain took the name Miller. so i had naively assumed that my Scottish forefathers, the Walkers, simply did a lot of walking, probably as shepherds or the like. well, i was close (about the sheep part, at least) ...

it turns out that the name Walker is derived from the name Waulker. a waulker was a 'fuller of cloth'; someone who cleaned, softened, and thickened wool for a living.

this week's words-of-the-week were ...

epitome
coital
haberdasher
coy

today's word-of-the-day is

aught

noun
1. anything whatever; any part: for aught I know
2. a cipher (0); zero.

verb
3. to own; possess.
4. to owe; be obligated to.

adjective
5. eighth

such variety of definition!

overheard ...

... now you're speaking in third-person inanimate? that can't be a good sign

today's word-of-the-day is ...

wonderfulsad

a word is superfluous when ...

... it can be precisely defined, using a single, other word:

re·splen·dent
adj.
splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.

splen·dif·er·ous
adj.
splendid

secondary respresentions of reality are far enough away, non? ;)

today's word-of-the-day is ...

lactard

yesterday's mot-du-jour was ...

svelte

today's word-of-the-day is ...

continuum

today's mot-du-jour is ...

spendy

acronymania ...

what does MMO stand for (you ask?)

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MMO
Massively Multiplayer Online (gaming)

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MMO
Music Minus One

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MMO
Materials and Manufacturing Ontario

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MMO
Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter

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MMO
Minimum Municipal Obligation (municipal pension funds)

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MMO
Man-Made Object

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MMO
Maximum Operating Mach Number

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MMO
Multimedia Outlet

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MMO
Maintenance Management Officer

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MMO
Multimedia Object

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MMO
Mach Max Operating (aviation)

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MMO
Modifications, Maintenance and Operations

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MMO
Means, Motive and Opportunity

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MMO
Main Mechanical Outfitting

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MMO
Motorcycle Museum Online


acronymfinder.com ... gotta love it!

today's word-of-the-day is ...

hipster

this week's concept-of-the-week is ...

right livelihood

today's word-of-the-day is ...

meatspace

oh, charles ...

Charles was born in Norfolk, England in 1823. he came to Ireland to work as a land agent for a landowner in the Lough Mask area. as part of its campaign to protect tenants from exploitation, the Irish Land League withdrew the local labour required to harvest the crops for which Charles was reponsible. when he tried to undermine the campaign, the League launched a crusade of isolation against him in the community: neighbours were convinced not to talk to him; shops would not serve him; people in church would not sit near him; and his physical safety was threatened.

the ostracization of this man was such a cause celebré in the British media that his name became immortalised by the creation of a new verb. His full name? Captain Charles Boycott

~with help from wikipedia (the best online encyclopaedia)