Like my first post with the same name, I am not claiming this post to be very significant or even worth reading, so feel free to stop reading and "click on" somewhere else. You'll never get back the 15-25 seconds it takes you to read and think about this.
There are several English words that I find intriguing . I always enjoy seeing how, when, and why they are used. Here are a few of those:
There are several English words that I find intriguing . I always enjoy seeing how, when, and why they are used. Here are a few of those:
Exacerbate: to make more violent, bitter, or severe. To embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate. Intensify, inflame, worsen.
Stymie: To thwart; stump. An obstacle or obstruction. A situation in golf in which an opponent's ball obstructs the line of play of one's own ball on the putting green.
Mogul: A powerful business leader or a bump on a ski slope.
Legalese: The specialized vocabulary of the legal profession, especially when considered to be complex or abstruse. The jargon of attorneys, which often seems redundant or unclear to the layperson.
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Fortunately, I had 15-25 seconds to spare.
I was glad I didn't have to reading anything controversial while my food was digesting in those 15 seconds.
I think my word for the day is “duplicity”. Especially during these convoluted and terribly complicated election debates. Duplicity means, deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing. Or duplicity, a twofold or double state or quality. What it seems to boil down to…. Duplicity and politicians, one in the same!
Here are some that, like a car in a ditch, I usually slow down to check out:
Filigree - sounds like a brand of Scotch, doesn't it?
Ombudsman - if elected to such a post, my first act would be to change the name of it.
Tete-a-tete - less than radar love, more than a conversation; an unmanly version of face-to-face; easily misunderstood, sometimes with unpleasant consequences
Ahh, my all time favorite word is "bodacious" and was also the name of a famous rodeo bull.
adj.
1. Remarkable; prodigious.
2. Audacious; gutsy.
adv.
1. Completely; extremely.
2. Audaciously; boldly.
The best usage of this word was in the movie "An Officer and Gentleman".
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