yes sir I can boogie...

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Word of the Day for Sunday, October 31, 2010

chicanery \shih-KAY-nuh-ree\, noun:

1. The use of trickery or sophistry to deceive (as in matters of law).
2. A trick; a subterfuge.

hello....

Hello Africa, tell me how you're doing

Word of the Day for Friday, October 29, 2010

trepidation \trep-uh-DAY-shuhn\, noun:

1. [Archaic] An involuntary trembling; quaking; quivering.
2. A state of dread or alarm; nervous agitation; apprehension; fright.

I am not happy with the level of pain I am feeling and there is not currently any trepidation about this!

Today...

Today is the that an acorn fell on my head

Word of the Day for Thursday, October 28, 2010

kvetch \KVECH\, adjective:

1. To complain habitually.

noun:
1. A complaint.
2. A habitual complainer.

Blogger...

Bloger, Boris is mean...

Word of the Day for Friday, October 22, 2010

crepuscular \kri-PUS-kyuh-lur\, adjective:

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim.
2. (Zoology) Appearing or active at twilight.

A day or two old, but then what can you do...

A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land.

so weah...

I feel quite slugabedly...

Word of the Day for Sunday, October 24, 2010

slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\, noun:

One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard.

This is the day...

...what a day; pain is your friend!

Word of the Day for Saturday, October 23, 2010

parse \PAHRS\, transitive verb:

1. To resolve (as a sentence) into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part.
2. To describe grammatically by stating its part of speech, form, and syntactical relationships in a sentence.
3. To examine closely or analyze critically, especially by breaking up into components.
4. To make sense of; to comprehend.
5. (Computer Science) To analyze or separate (input, for example) into more easily processed components.

intransitive verb:
1. To admit of being parsed.

Ahem...

...What a day! And the clouds are rolling...

Word of the Day for Sunday, October 17, 2010

fulsome \FUL-sum\, adjective:

1. Offensive to the taste or sensibilities.
2. Insincere or excessively lavish; especially, offensive from excess of praise.

And here comes another one:

es·o·ter·ic: –adjective

1.understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions.

2.belonging to the select few.

3.private; secret; confidential.

4.(of a philosophical doctrine or the like) intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group: the esoteric doctrines of Pythagoras.

There we were...

Well, I know not what happens in cyberspace, howeva, it is quite irksome when a blog post that I have made just vannishes! 21:30-ish now...

Word of the Day for Sunday, October 17, 2010

fulsome \FUL-sum\, adjective:

1. Offensive to the taste or sensibilities.
2. Insincere or excessively lavish; especially, offensive from excess of praise.

That is amazing...

Blah, blah, blah...

Word of the Day for Thursday, October 14, 2010

hopscotch \HOP-skoch\, verb:

1. To journey quickly and directly from one usually far place to another.

noun:
1. A children's game in which a player tosses or kicks an object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the ground.

verb:
1. To move or pass through something, as a geographical area or a field of endeavor, making many brief stops.

Oh, Lawdy B!

Time for another delve into the meanderings of my mind!

Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 13, 2010

apocopate \uh-POK-uh-peyt\, verb:

To omit the final sound or sounds of (a word.)

Nothing new - IT IS Thursday 14, @ and around 02:13 and here is yesterdays word today!

It is bitterly cold...

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 12, 2010

retrograde \RE-truh-greyd\, adjective:

1. Having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
2. Inverse or reversed, as order.
3. Exhibiting degeneration or deterioration.

SPECTAMUR AGENDO - let us be judged by our deeds

On a cold Tuesday night...let us not be retrograde in thought, word or deed. Onward and upward...

What a day we have had...

...and that was the day...

Word of the Day for Saturday, October 9, 2010

roborant \ROB-uh-ruhnt\, adjective:

1. Strengthening; restoring vigor.

noun:
1. A strengthening medicine; a tonic; a restorative.

AND bonusly...

Word of the Day for Sunday, October 10, 2010

bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\, noun:

Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.

And at the end of the day

synecdochically

Definition of SYNECDOCHE

: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)

— syn·ec·doch·ic\ˌsi-ˌnek-ˈdä-kik\ adjective

— syn·ec·doch·i·cal\-ˈdä-ki-kəl\ adjective

— syn·ec·doch·i·cal·ly\-ki-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Blah, blah, blah

01::1118 u\Jk kk,hx ;n m .m

Better late than never...

01:44 Saturday morning - oh oh!

Word of the Day for Friday, October 8, 2010

wassail \WAH-sul; wah-SAYL\, noun:

1. An expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to someone.
2. An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
3. The liquor used for a wassail; especially, a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.

adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

transitive verb:
1. To drink to the health of; a toast.

intransitive verb:
1. To drink a wassail.

Hay, ho...

Today is the day!

And I am the man...

Word of the Day for Thursday, October 7, 2010

mana \MAH-nuh\, noun:

1. A generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
2. An ancient kingdom in Iran, in Kurdistan.

Well, what do we have here?

Yes, I am back and am bad...

Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 6, 2010

acta \AK-tuh\, noun:

Official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.

Waka, Waka AFRICA
Shakira does it for me!
I love you Africa!...

Serendipity
My word for the day.
A propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated.

FAU-AU-AU-AA-AA-AUCK

The sound that a seagull makes when he flies into the cliff...

John Ince, may he rest in peace, is with God!

Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 5, 2010

teem \TEEM\, verb:

1. To abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile.
2. To empty or pour out; discharge.

Today is today...

...after yesterday and before tomorrow...

Published on Monday and not now as it is already Tuesday, I ask you?...

Word of the Day for Monday, October 4, 2010

nympholepsy \NIM-fuh-lep-see\, noun:

1. A frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.
2. An ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.

Yes, time flies and beguiles itself as a popo...

And yet again my entry is participated by foolery when the internet (blame the Gremlins, as does Trev with his Friends of the Liesbeeck) does not take me for what I am...

Word of the Day for Monday, October 4, 2010
nympholepsy \NIM-fuh-lep-see\, noun:

1. A frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.
2. An ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.

A nymph in Greek mythology is a minor nature goddess typically associated with a particular location or landform. Other nymphs, always in the shape of young nubile maidens, were part of the retinue of a god, such as Dionysus, Hermes, or Pan, or a goddess, generally Artemis.^[1] Nymphs were the frequent target of satyrs. They live in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes. They are frequently associated with the superior divinities: the huntress Artemis; the prophetic Apollo; the reveller and god of wine, Dionysus; and rustic gods such as Pan and Hermes.

Time flies...

...and it is so fast...

The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterised by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c. 509 BC, and lasted 482 years until its subversion, through a series of civil wars, into the Principate form of government and the Imperial period.

So put that in your pipe !

The bash at the Walshes was great!

21:45...read on my dear followers...
The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterised by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c. 509 BC, and lasted 482 years until its subversion, through a series of civil wars, into the Principate form of government and the Imperial period.

That was then and this is now...

...Today's now is tomorrow's then...

Word of the Day for Saturday, October 2, 2010

Today's word was submitted by Miranda H.

mussitate \MUHS-i-teyt\, verb:

To silently move the lips in simulation of audible speech.

Mussitating can have a whole lot of other interpretative meanings, like nothing to do with being silent of quiet, flock it man.

Oh Bugger...in another man's tongue.

Oh yes sir, I can boogee...

And today I will check my cache...

Word of the Day for Friday, October 1, 2010

Today's word was submitted by Jasmarie M.

satori \suh-TOHR-ee\, noun:

In Zen Buddhism, the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment.

I used to know someone called Satori, that would be Ross (Rosano) Satori. He had a twin sister. He was a school mate of mine and lived near Grant Jackson in Devil's Peak - now where did that all come from?