Ludicrous Latin: Nos nunquam alieno
Sunday, September 11, 2022
We will never forget.
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Deadword of the Day: Gillmaw
Friday, September 9, 2022
Gillmaw: A glutton. One who eats waaaay too much.
As in: What’s for dinner, gillmaw?
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Deadword of the Day: Wherefore
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Wherefore: Why? For what reason? (Not where!)
As In: Wherefore art thou, Li’l Romeo?
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Ludicrous Latin: Vita non sistit donec sepultis
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
“It don’t stop ’til the casket drop” -Tupac Shakur
Gunned down on September 7, 1996.
Deadword of the Day: Nocent
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Nocent: Guilty. Opposite of Innocent. Makes perfect sense, don’t it?
As In: Suspect is nocent, until proven otherwise.
Deadword of the Day: Offscum
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Offscum: That which is rejected as vile or worthless.
As In: The boss treats us like offscum.
Deadword of the Day: Attitudinize
Friday, September 2, 2022
Attitudinize: To strike a pose with attitude.
As in: Excuse me while I attitudinize.
Deadword of the Day: Lunarian
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Lunarian: An inhabitant of the moon.
As in: I’m proud to be a Lunarian American.Â
History Schmistory: January 28. “Dear Horace, I just had a happy accident.”
Friday, January 28, 2022
1754: The first use of the word “serendipity” in the English language is noted in a letter from Horace Walpole to Horace Mann. A letter between Horaces! Walpole said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of”. Mann convinced Walpole to truncate the fledgling term from the original; “Serendipity-doo-dah.”
Serendipity by Nila Sivatheesan, April 7, 2014 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.
