...I forget what I am doing...
Ok, before the word of the day, here is another: effigy - the representation of...
Perhaps not very educational; I am not a teacher!
Word of the Day for Sunday, May 9, 2010
muliebrity \myoo-lee-EB-ri-tee\, noun:
The state of being a woman.
There you are!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
What a marvelous day...
...out to see the 'neighbours' so to say!
Watched a game of rugger - and we won - yahoo!
Word of the Day for Friday, May 7, 2010
eristic \e-RIS-tik\, adjective:
1. Pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
2. Of argument for the sole purpose of winning, regardless of the reason.
noun:
1. Argument for the sole purpose of winning, regardless of the reason.
2. The art of disputation.
Watched a game of rugger - and we won - yahoo!
Word of the Day for Friday, May 7, 2010
eristic \e-RIS-tik\, adjective:
1. Pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
2. Of argument for the sole purpose of winning, regardless of the reason.
noun:
1. Argument for the sole purpose of winning, regardless of the reason.
2. The art of disputation.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Well this is so cool...
...my last night in Cape Town for a little while. A brief trip to PE and then the farm in the valley.
A trip back to the future on Saturday to celebrate the marriage of friends>
Groovy or what.
Word of the Day for Thursday, April 29, 2010
valetudinarian \val-uh-too-din-AIR-ee-un; -tyoo-\, noun:
1. A weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health.
adjective:
1. Sickly; weak; infirm.
2. Morbidly concerned with one's health.
I interrupt this broadcast with a putrid word about who knows what from where?
Sometimes I flounder...
A trip back to the future on Saturday to celebrate the marriage of friends>
Groovy or what.
Word of the Day for Thursday, April 29, 2010
valetudinarian \val-uh-too-din-AIR-ee-un; -tyoo-\, noun:
1. A weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health.
adjective:
1. Sickly; weak; infirm.
2. Morbidly concerned with one's health.
I interrupt this broadcast with a putrid word about who knows what from where?
Sometimes I flounder...
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Late for 23 as it is now 24 April,12:24 AM
Aha!
Main Entry: so·lip·sism
Pronunciation: \ˈsō-ləp-ˌsi-zəm, ˈsä-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
Date: 1874
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism
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Word of the Day for Friday, April 23, 2010
moil \MOYL\, intransitive verb:
1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
2. To churn or swirl about continuously.
noun:
1. Toil; hard work; drudgery.
2. Confusion; turmoil.
Main Entry: so·lip·sism
Pronunciation: \ˈsō-ləp-ˌsi-zəm, ˈsä-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
Date: 1874
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism
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Word of the Day for Friday, April 23, 2010
moil \MOYL\, intransitive verb:
1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
2. To churn or swirl about continuously.
noun:
1. Toil; hard work; drudgery.
2. Confusion; turmoil.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Was he a victor?
Word of the Day for Saturday, April 10, 2010
Pyrrhic victory \PIR-ik\, noun:
A victory achieved at great or excessive cost; a ruinous victory.
Well a few days ago, howeva, a fine end like Nelson, Asmiral Horatio, so to say...
Look at the Battle of Trafalgar, now there is a story!
Pyrrhic victory \PIR-ik\, noun:
A victory achieved at great or excessive cost; a ruinous victory.
Well a few days ago, howeva, a fine end like Nelson, Asmiral Horatio, so to say...
Look at the Battle of Trafalgar, now there is a story!
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