كلمة اليوم Word of the Day

**soubiri** · 03-14-2007, 08:32 AM

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**soubiri** · 03-17-2007, 08:47 AM

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Agora (Noun) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f" o

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**soubiri** · 03-18-2007, 08:14 AM

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Panglossian (Adjective) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f" o

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**soubiri** · 03-20-2007, 05:34 PM

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Muckle (Adverb)<shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o

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**soubiri** · 03-24-2007, 08:10 AM

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 Puerile (Adjective)Pronunciation: ['pwe-rêl or 'pwe-rIl]Definition 1: Related to early childhood; juvenile, childish, immature.Usage 1: This term is not so much scholarly as simply widely overlooked. It refers to a younger stage than immature or even juvenile. It specifically refers to very young children. Suggested usage: This word is an emphatic substitute for "childish" or immature': "don't be so puerile, Buffy! It can also be used simply to refer to childhood: "In his puerile world, Ralphy was king." Etymology: Latin puer "boy" and puera "girl". Originally from PIE *pou- "little, few" which gave both English few and paucity borrowed from Latin paucus "little, few". Paucus also underlies Spanish poco, and with the diminutive suffix, l, gives the Latin paulus "small, Paul".

**soubiri** · 03-25-2007, 11:51 AM

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Hep (Adjective) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f" o

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**soubiri** · 03-26-2007, 07:47 AM

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Schlimazel (Noun)Pronunciation: [shlê-'mah-zêl]Definition 1: A person with no luck at all, a sort of loser who magnetically attracts misfortune. Usage 1: Today's word is almost always defined in terms of interaction between schlimazels and schlemiels. According to Leo Rosten (Hooray for Yiddish!), if a waiter spills the soup he is carrying, he is a schlemiel; the person who gets it down the neck is a schlimazel. When a schlemiel accidentally knocks over a priceless vase, he blames the nearest schlimazel. Most dictionaries will allow you to omit the [c] after [s] (shlimazel), but our spell-checkers frown on the practice.Suggested usage: Although both these words refer to unfortunate people, they are generally used in good humor, often with sympathy attached: "The poor schlimazel had just cashed $500 in travelers checks when he was mugged." In fact, this word rarely occurs without the attribute "poor" preceding it: "One time in his life he runs a stop sign and the poor schlimazel hits a police car." Etymology: Today's word comes from Yiddish shlimazl "bad luck, unlucky person" from an ancestor of German schlimm "bad" + Yiddish mazl "luck" from Late Hebrew mazzal "constellation, destiny." "Mazzal" came from Akkadian manzaltu, mazzatum "position of a star," the noun from the verb izuzzu "to stand." The Yiddish variant of "mazzal" is also found in mazel tov "good luck," the indispensable toast at Jewish weddings, from Mishnaic Hebrew mazzal tôb "good luck."

**soubiri** · 03-27-2007, 11:53 AM

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Chaise longue (Noun)Pronunciation: [sheyz lang or lã (nasalized ]Definition 1: A type of sofa or couch with a back at one end only.Usage 1: Although a chaise longue is a good place to lounge around, the word has nothing to do with "lounging" and so the spelling "chaise lounge" and pronunciation as though it were "chase lounge" are incorrect. "Chaise lounge" is a folk etymology, the reanalysis of foreign words and phrases so that they incorporate more familiar native words (for ease of remembering and pronunciation). Suggested usage: A chaise longue is a wonderful place to sit with someone's head on your lap; otherwise one member of the couple faces the hazard of falling off backward. "Mama's new chaise longue looks too pretentious among her colonial pieces." "Martha, you sit on the chaise longue; you fit it perfectly." Meoooow! Etymology: From the French phrase chaise longue 'long chair.'

**soubiri** · 03-27-2007, 11:54 AM

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Chaise longue (Noun)Pronunciation: [sheyz lang or lã (nasalized ]Definition 1: A type of sofa or couch with a back at one end only.Usage 1: Although a chaise longue is a good place to lounge around, the word has nothing to do with "lounging" and so the spelling "chaise lounge" and pronunciation as though it were "chase lounge" are incorrect. "Chaise lounge" is a folk etymology, the reanalysis of foreign words and phrases so that they incorporate more familiar native words (for ease of remembering and pronunciation). Suggested usage: A chaise longue is a wonderful place to sit with someone's head on your lap; otherwise one member of the couple faces the hazard of falling off backward. "Mama's new chaise longue looks too pretentious among her colonial pieces." "Martha, you sit on the chaise longue; you fit it perfectly." Meoooow! Etymology: From the French phrase chaise longue 'long chair.'

**soubiri** · 03-28-2007, 07:44 AM

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Baleful (Adjective)Pronunciation: ['beyl-fêl]Definition 1: Threatening harm, ominous or sinister.Usage 1: "Baleful" and "baneful" are close cousins, but do have different uses. "Baleful" is said of something that seems to assure danger; "baneful" refers to something that has already caused harm. "I'm not going to have those baleful eggs; they look runny" versus "The baneful effect of the undercooked eggs was sour after-breakfast moods and conversations."Suggested usage: The uses are endless. "The construction crew became more active when baleful clouds appeared overhead." "My little sister responded quickly to the baleful expression on Mom's face this afternoon."Etymology: Old English balu, Middle English bale "evil, perniciousness, harm" + -ful. Archaic by the 16th century. Probably related to Slavic bol- "pain, affliction" as in Russian bol'nyi "painful."

**soubiri** · 04-02-2007, 11:20 AM

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Meshuga (Adjective) Pronunciation: [mê-'shU-gê]Definition 1: Affectionate) Crazy, nutty, absent-minded. Usage 1: The noun is meshugaas "craziness" and a crazy girl is a "meshuggeneh" while a crazy boy is a "meshuggener." Be careful not to call your boyfriend "a crazy meshuggeneh" because you make two mistakes when you do: (1) a meshuggeneh is a girl and (2) the word already says he's crazy. Of course, if you come from one of the many regions where the final [r] is not pronounced, the same word applies both ways. Today's word is also spelled "meshugga" or "meshugge." Suggested usage: Today's is a word for "crazy" that is mild and not insulting: "I may be meshuga but I'm not an idiot," sounds perfectly OK. Here is some more meshugaas: "You can't parachute from the roof with an umbrella! Where did you get a meshuga idea like that?!"Etymology: Yiddish "meshuge" from Hebrew mêšuggah "maddened, crazed" participle of šuggah "to be mad, crazy.

**soubiri** · 04-15-2007, 03:30 PM

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**soubiri** · 04-20-2007, 07:57 AM

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Ephemeral (Adjective) <shapetype id="_x0000_t75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f" o

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**soubiri** · 05-12-2007, 04:26 PM

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Pukka (Adjective)Pronunciation: ['pê-kê]Definition 1: Authentic, solid, well built or constructed. (Its antonym is cutcha "temporary, shoddy, ramshackle.") Usage 1: A Britisher or Australian might say, "That vindaloo's pukka, mate!" They might even talk of pukka tukka (good, solid, authentic food) in general, a phrase that plays on "tucker" in the British sense of "food, ration." ('Pukka Tukka' is now a series on the Food Channel.) You would want to build a pukka house and buy a pukka car. A cutcha car in <country-region w:st="on">Britain</country-region> would be the equivalent of a lemon in the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region> Suggested usage: The first meaning of the word is "genuine," as in, "Herb is a pukka mate; he always brings crisps and beer when he comes to watch football with us." However, its other meanings recommend it even to the highest level of corporatese: "This is a pukka contract that will survive any court battle—even if it was cobbled together by a couple of cutcha lawyers from <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Kankakee</place></city>." Etymology: Today's word provides more evidence of the English language's proclivity to raid the languages of the world for their treasures. It comes from Hindi pakka "cooked; ripe" from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati "he cooks." "Cutcha" comes from Hindi kachcha "raw, crude, unripe, uncooked

**soubiri** · 05-21-2007, 05:48 PM

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Sanctimonious (Adjective)Pronunciation: [sængk-tê-'mo-ni-ês]Definition 1: Making a show of piety, sanctity; pretending to be pious or religious. Usage 1: "Sanctity" or "sanctitude" refer to a saint-like holiness or moral perfection in a person. "Sanctimony," the noun underlying today's adjective, was once a synonym but today refers to a feigned sanctity, a saint-like pretension of superiority. Today's adjective, "sanctimonious," is the perfect substitute for the messy slang phrase "holier-than-thou." Make the substitution in your vocabulary today if you have ever uttered it! The adverb is "sanctimoniously." An interesting distant relative is sanctiloquent "speaking things holy, sacred." Suggested usage: We can always suggest you use this word as Shakespeare used it in 'Measure for Measure' act I, scene 7, "Thou conclud'st like the Sanctimonious Pirat, that went to sea with the ten Commandements, but scrap'd one out of the Table." Update the context, of course, "My boss is a sanctimonious pirate who quotes the Bible as justification for forcing us to work longer and harder."Etymology: From Latin sanctimonia "sanctity, virtuousness," based on sanct-us "holy" + monia "-ness." "Sanctus" comes from PIE *sak- "sacred" which emerges in "sacred," "sexton," and "consecrate." Nasalized (with the [n] in it), we find it in "saint," "sanctum," and today's word. "Sanctus" underlies all the Romance words for "saint," i.e. French "saint," Spanish "san," as in "<city w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />San Francisco</place /></city />," Portuguese "são." The rather odd "Santa Claus," the nickname of Saint Nicholas with the ostensibly feminine form of the word for "saint," probably originated in Dutch "Sinterklaas." The suffix -monia shares its origin with the suffix -ment, originally referring to the mind (Latin "mens, mentis," as in "mental")

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