Defining a Decade: Top Words of the '90s
#1: Goth
This word contains over a thousand years of drama. In brief:
Around the fifth century, the Goths were a tribe that helped defeat the Roman Empire; by the 1500s, gothic meant "barbaric" and was used to insult a new style of architecture; that architecture became associated with the medieval age; ideas of medieval darkness and mystery inspired gothic fiction of the 1800s like Dracula.
All this eventually led, in the 1990s, to goth fashion – characterized by vampire-ish black clothes and eyeliner, and a preference for dark music and moody Romanticism.
Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 30, 2010
popinjay \POP-in-jay\, noun:
A vain and talkative person.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Yes Please!
In the myth of Alcyone, "Halcyon Days" are the seven days in winter when storms never occur
Bah Humbug!
Hasthe Grinch got your tongue young mn - or did he just steal Christmas?
Stoicism (greek Στοά) was a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not undergo such emotions.[1] Stoics were concerned with the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain a will (called prohairesis) that is in accord with nature. Because of this, the Stoics presented their philosophy as a way of life, and they thought that the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said but how he behaved.[2] Later Stoics, such as Seneca and Epictetus, emphasized that because "virtue is sufficient for happiness," a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase 'stoic calm', though the phrase does not include the "radical ethical" Stoic views that only a sage can be considered truly free, and that all moral corruptions are equally vicious.
Bah Humbug!
Hasthe Grinch got your tongue young mn - or did he just steal Christmas?
Stoicism (greek Στοά) was a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not undergo such emotions.[1] Stoics were concerned with the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain a will (called prohairesis) that is in accord with nature. Because of this, the Stoics presented their philosophy as a way of life, and they thought that the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said but how he behaved.[2] Later Stoics, such as Seneca and Epictetus, emphasized that because "virtue is sufficient for happiness," a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase 'stoic calm', though the phrase does not include the "radical ethical" Stoic views that only a sage can be considered truly free, and that all moral corruptions are equally vicious.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Today is a very green day
Verdant, woud be the literal intoxification, I think.
Howeva, I might just think too much...
Howeva, I might just think too much...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Woopee
Word of the Day for Sunday, March 21, 2010
fatidic \fuh-TID-ik\, adjective:
Of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
Back in a flash of thunderballs and lightening...
Life's Good
fatidic \fuh-TID-ik\, adjective:
Of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
Back in a flash of thunderballs and lightening...
Life's Good
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Yes sir, I can boogie
Word of the Day for Saturday, March 20, 2010
garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\, adjective:
1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
2. Wordy.
And I guess this is quite appropriate!
Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink, Say No More...
garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\, adjective:
1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
2. Wordy.
And I guess this is quite appropriate!
Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink, Say No More...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Today is the first day for the rest of your life...
Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 10, 2010
phantasmagoria \fan-taz-muh-GOR-ee-uh\, noun:
1. A shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined, as in a dream.
2. Any constantly changing scene.
Is the word for the day good enough for government work?
A tough question perhaps!
...
and here comes another one...
ca·pri·cious
/kəˈprɪʃəs, -ˈpriʃəs/ Show Spelled[kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
2.
Obsolete. fanciful or witty.
phantasmagoria \fan-taz-muh-GOR-ee-uh\, noun:
1. A shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined, as in a dream.
2. Any constantly changing scene.
Is the word for the day good enough for government work?
A tough question perhaps!
...
and here comes another one...
ca·pri·cious
/kəˈprɪʃəs, -ˈpriʃəs/ Show Spelled[kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
2.
Obsolete. fanciful or witty.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
yasda, yada...
Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 9, 2010
sachet \sa-SHEY\, noun:
1. A small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
2. Also, sachet powder, the powder contained in such a case.
sachet \sa-SHEY\, noun:
1. A small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
2. Also, sachet powder, the powder contained in such a case.
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