The word for today is… prescience (noun) – foreknowledge of events: a : divine omniscience b : human anticipation of the course of events : foresight Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The more common use of this word is its derived adjective prescient. If you know the origin of “science,” you already know half the
Dark Jester A political scholar with an interest in foreign interference. Traditional conservative. Came out of a family that fled communism and improved themselves thanks to capitalism but would consider myself a distributionist. Queer Endurance/Defiance was first established to protest when Speak Up for Women New Zealand spoke in
The word for today is… indigent (adjective) – 1 : suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished 2a archaic : deficient b archaic : totally lacking in something specified Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : First known use in the 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin. Indigent-, indigens, present participle of indigere
Well, here we are. After world governments have tried for a decade and failed to get inflation back to levels that are considered ‘healthy’ – 1% to 3% pa – suddenly, without warning, inflation rates have started to rise. I do not understand why, with constant cost increases, inflation has not been
The word for today is… echelon (noun, verb) – noun 1a (1) : an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each somewhat to the left or right of the one in the rear like a series of steps (2) : a formation of units or individuals resembling such an echelon
righttolife.org.uk An extremely premature baby, born at only 25 weeks and so fragile that he had to be placed in bubble wrap to keep him safe and warm, is now a happy, healthy one-year-old. Larenz Carr was born in October 2019 at 25 weeks gestation, just one week
To the approval of woke parents everywhere Kmart has gone, well, woke. Newshub explains: An Australian mother of a son with Down Syndrome admitted she teared up after spotting dolls with the same condition as her son at her local Kmart. […]Brodee, who runs a blog documenting life with her
The word for today is… collaborate (verb) – 1 : to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor 2 : to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one’s country and especially an occupying force 3 : to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is
The word for today is… solipsism (noun)- : a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing : extreme egocentrism Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fans of René Descartes credit the French philosopher with introducing solipsism as a major
The word for today is… enjoin (verb) – 1 : to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition 2a : forbid, prohibit b : to prohibit by a judicial order : put an injunction on Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Please concentrate this morning, this is not the easiest of offerings to get
The word for today is… majuscule (noun) – a large letter (such as a capital) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Majuscule looks like the complement to “minuscule,” and the resemblance is no coincidence. “Minuscule” appeared in the early 18th century as a word for a lowercase letter, then later as the word
Nick Merrill University of California, Berkeley Nick Merril is a researcher at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, where he directs the Daylight Lab (daylight.berkeley.edu). He received my Ph.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Information. His adviser was John Chuang. You try to use your
The word for today is… verdant (adjective) – 1a : green in tint or color b : green with growing plants 2 : unripe in experience or judgment Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English speakers have been using “verdant” as a ripe synonym of “green” since the late 16th century, and as a descriptive term
Drew Cattanach University of Westminster Currently lecturing on the BSc Computer Games Development course at the University of Westminster, Drew’s background is in the UK Games Development industry working at companies such as Electronic Arts between 1995 and 2013. Drew’s research interests are game design and narratives, asset
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Of all the silly speech affectations of the past few decades (it’s an inexplicable modern phenomenon) probably nothing is as bad as “window of opportunity”. In recent years this frequently has been shortened to just “window”. I’ve yet to read it when it
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com For those for whom reading is a key activity, language abuse smacks them in the nose when it’s encountered. I’ve written before about the commercial property agency practise of reinventing the language. This began about thirty years ago in Sydney then quickly spread
