Thoughts for a Thursday...

Here's just a fun word to say!!!

tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a

   [tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh,tris-kuh-]  Show IPA

noun

fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.

Origin: 
1910–15;  < Greek triskaídeka  thirteen + -phobia

Related forms

tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bic, adjective

Thoughts for a Thursday...

Word of the Day

Thursday, March 29, 2012

eudemonia

   \ yoo-di-MOH-nee-uh \  , noun;

1.

Happiness; well-being.

2.

Aristotelianism. Happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason.

Thoughts on Thursday...

Here's one for you....

Word of the Day

rutilant

glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
Read more at http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday#rPLO7iR8SYvOZIyW.99

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Here's a word I am sure that you all know the meaning of, but I bet you didn't know where it came from! So  in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday tomorrow, today's word is....

nerd

1951, U.S. student slang, probably an alteration of 1940s slang nert "stupid or crazy person," itself an alteration of nut. The word turns up in a Dr. Seuss book from 1950 ("If I Ran the Zoo"), which may have contributed to its rise. Adjective nerdy is from 1978.

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We're gonna all be so smart!!

stol·id

   [stol-id]  Show IPA

adjective

not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.

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Okay, so I admit I am obsessed with Words with Friends...and I never realized how many "Q" words didn't need a "u"....The word for today is:

Qat (variant of khat)

— n
1.	a white-flowered evergreen shrub, Catha edulis,  of Africa andArabia, whose leaves have narcotic properties
2.	the leaves of this shrub, chewed or prepared as a drink
[C19: from Arabic qāt ]
kat or kat
— n
[C19: from Arabic qāt ]

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So, I've been playing Words with Friends, which in case you don't know, is an app where you play scrabble with friends via the internet. Sooo addicting!!! Anyway, a very high scoring word happens to be Qi. I've used it but had no idea what it meant. I mean it's perfect, right? You get to use a Q with a U!! Today, I thought I learn what it meant and figured I might as well share with you guys...Here you go...

World English Dictionary

qi  (tʃiː)
— n
	a variant of chi

chi , ch'i or qi 2  (tʃiː)
— n
	( sometimes capital ) (in Oriental medicine, martial arts, etc)vital energy believed to circulate round the body in currents
[Chinese, literally: energy]
ch'i , ch'i or qi 2
— n
[Chinese, literally: energy]
qi , ch'i or qi 2
— n
[Chinese, literally: energy]

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Here's the word of the day from Dictionary.com!!! Check it out!

shiv

   \ shiv \  , noun;

1.

A knife, especially a switchblade.

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Quotes:

Then this one cop, the guy, he pulls out a picture,shows me a photograph, see, of my shiv . Now, Igotta tell ya, this  shiv  of mine's no ordinary blade.

-- Ashok Mathur, Once Upon an Elephant

“Why would he wipe the shiv ?” Decker said.“Supposedly it was his shiv , not hers. Of course itwould have his prints on it. Seems to me he'd juststick it back in its sheath and leave.”

-- Faye Kellerman, Milk and Honey

Origin:

First used in English in the early 1600s, shiv  is ofunknown origin, but it may be related to the Romanyword for knife, chiv .

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I ran across this one while I was reading a magazine article on photography and art. I thought it was a good word for today...


ubiquitous [juːˈbɪkwɪtəs]

adj

having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent

[from Latin ubīque everywhere, from ubī where]

ubiquitously  adv

ubiquity , ubiquitousness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

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Go forth and learn!!!

gasconade

   \ gas-kuh-NEYD \  , noun, verb;

1.

Extravagant boasting; boastful talk.

verb:

1.

To boast extravagantly; bluster.

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Quotes:

The British officers laugh, because they are wellarmed and many, and Kemal's men are pitifully few,but they enjoy and admire Kemal's swashbucklinggasconade , and they let his party pass.

-- Louis de Bernières, Birds Without Wings

The papers, barely days old, were full of boastfulmalarkey and gasconade , but of much more evidentvalue when it came to information about the state ofthings in France, and in the local area.

-- Dewey Lambdin, Troubled Waters

Origin:

Gasconade  originally referred to people who were fromthe Gascony region of southwest France, borderingSpain. Gascons reputedly boast and exaggerate theirsuccess, and their toponym took on a life of its own. It became common in English in the early 1700s.

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