The word for today is… impresario (noun)- 1 : the promoter, manager, or conductor of an opera or concert company 2 : a person who puts on or sponsors an entertainment (such as a television show or sports event) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English borrowed “impresario” directly from Italian, whose noun impresa
The word for today is… fatuous (adjective) – complacently or inanely foolish Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : ‘I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so’. In whining Poetry, wrote John Donne, simultaneously confessing to both infatuation and fatuousness. As any love-struck fool can attest, infatuation can make
Who are the real “Snowflake Generation”? Boomers might not like the answer suggested by a new study. Older folks like to deride “young people these days” as over-sensitive, narcissistic cry-babies, but are they really yelling at their own, wrinkled reflections? The new study suggests: yes. A study has
Kurt Mahlburg rt.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
NZ real estate agents write their own listing agreements and every company’s is different. It seems ridiculous but it is true. Each company writes their own to protect themselves. I will discuss what is directly affecting house prices the most. The biggest issue we have is the CMA (current
The first person I heard speak about the idea of unconscious bias was Prince Harry. He claimed that his upbringing made him completely unaware of ‘unconscious racial bias’, until he met Meghan Markle. The fact that he grew up in a family where his grandmother was head of the Commonwealth,
The word for today is… ebullient (adjective) – 1 : boiling, agitated 2 :having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Someone who is ebullient is bubbling over with enthusiasm, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that the adjective ebullient derives from the Latin verb ebullire, which
The word for today is… touchstone (noun) – 1 : a fundamental or quintessential part or feature 2 : a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing 3 : a black siliceous stone related to flint and formerly used to test the purity of gold and silver by the
Nancy Valko Nancy Valko has been a registered nurse since 1969 and currently she is a spokesperson for the National Association of Prolife Nurses (www.nursesforlife.org). She has also been a past President of Missouri Nurses for Life and past co-chair of the St. Louis Archdiocesan Respect Life
Susan Short Secretary democracyaction@xtra.co.nz Anger has erupted around the country over the Government’s much stronger approach to protect indigenous biodiversity, as outlined in the Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB). Due to take effect in July 2021, it contains a set of objectives and
The word for today is… adulation (noun) – : excessive or slavish admiration or flattery Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If “adulation” makes you think of a dog panting after its master, you’re on the right etymological track; the word ultimately derives from the Latin verb adulari, meaning “to fawn on” (a
Joakim Book aier.org Joakim Book is a writer, researcher and editor on all things money, finance and financial history. He holds a masters degree from the University of Oxford and has been a visiting scholar at the American Institute for Economic Research in 2018 and 2019. It’s winter
The word for today is… purloin (verb) – : to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word purloin features in the title of a famous Edgar Allan Poe story in its past tense form: “The Purloined Letter” was included in Poe’s 1845 Tales,
chimera (noun) – 1 a capitalized : a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail b : an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts 2 : an illusion or fabrication of the mind 3 : an individual, organ, or part consisting
The word for today is… lodestone (noun) – 1 : magnetite possessing polarity 2 : something that strongly attracts Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Lodestone is made up of distinctly English components, ones that have been part of our language since before the 12th century. “Lode” comes from the Old English “lad,” which means
The word for today is… weird (noun, adjective) – noun: 1 : fate, destiny 2 : soothsayer adjective: 1 : of strange or extraordinary character 2 : of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : Noun. Middle English wird, werd, going back to Old English wyrd, going back
