The word for today is… abject (adjective): 1 : sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe 2a : cast down in spirit : servile, spiritless b : showing hopelessness or resignation 3 : expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Abject
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The word for today is… hubris (noun): exaggerated pride or self-confidence Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English picked up both the concept of hubris and the term for that particular brand of cockiness from the ancient Greeks, who considered hubris a dangerous character flaw capable of provoking the wrath of
The BFD Word of the Day The word for today is… utopia (noun) 1 : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions 2 : an impractical scheme for social improvement 3 : an imaginary and indefinitely remote place Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas
Obituaries usually follow a fairly standard template: sadly missed, beloved husband/wife/father/mother/child, and so on. Round it up with a few homely anecdotes, and you’re done. Then there are the people who just say, “f- that: I’m telling it like it was!” For instance, the
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Marc Grey In previous articles, we have covered nuclear reactor designs, accidents and the mechanics of nuclear reaction physics. However, the way the nuclear industry got started was in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, not to provide nuclear power! In this article, we look at how the first nuclear weapons
The word for today is… resilience (noun) – 1 : the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2 : an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In physics, resilience is the ability
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The word for today is… fief (noun) – 1 : a feudal estate 2 : something over which one has rights or exercises control Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Never accuse The BFD Word of the Day of being incomplete. Today’s word is a follow up to yesterday’s – just to dot the
vassal (noun) – 1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant 2 : one in a subservient or subordinate position Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin vassallus “serf of the manor
The word for today is… arrive (verb) – 1a : to reach a destination b : to make an appearance : to come upon the scene 2 : to be near in time : 3 informal : to achieve success 4 archaic : happen Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English ariven, arriven “to reach the end of a
