The word for today is… pejorative (adj) – Disparaging; belittling. (noun) – A disparaging or belittling word or expression. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Parents have given that good advice for years, but unfortunately many people haven’t heeded
The word for today is… noblesse oblige (noun) – Benevolent, honourable behavior considered to be the responsibility of persons of high birth or rank. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : In French, noblesse oblige means literally “nobility obligates.” French speakers transformed the phrase into a noun, which English speakers picked up in
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison seems to be talking the right talk when it comes to potentially opening up some areas of New Zealand with some Australian regions. Morrison made the announcement following a series of meetings on Thursday and Friday last week. “ScoMo” said the issue came up on
The word for today is… mien (noun) – 1 Air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : demeanour. 2 Appearance, aspect. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Like its synonyms bearing and demeanour, mien means the outward manifestation of personality or attitude. Bearing is the most general, but it often
The word for today is… mesmerize (US) or mesmerise (Queen’s English) (verb) – 1. To spellbind; enthrall. 2. To hypnotize. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Experts can’t agree on whether Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) was a quack or a genius, but all concede that the late 18th-century
The word for today is… jink (verb) – To make a quick, evasive turn. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Besides the fact that jink first appears in Scottish English, the exact origins of this shifty little word are unknown. What can be said with certainty is that the word has always
Demography is destiny. Seven decades of Communist Party policies have left China with a soon-to-crash tsunami of the aged and male. The Middle East and Africa’s impoverished fecundity is flooding the West with single young men on the take. In the West, the children of the Baby
The word for today is… indite (verb) – 1. To write; compose. 2. To set down in writing. 3. (Obsolete) To dictate. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Indite looks like a misspelling of its homophone indict, meaning “to charge with a crime,” and that’s no mere coincidence. Although the two
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The word for today is… inculcate (verb) – 1. To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill. 2. To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Inculcate derives from the past participle of the Latin verb inculcare, meaning “to
The word for today is… gyre (noun) – A circular or spiral motion or form, especially a circular ocean current. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : William Butler Yeats opens his 1920 poem, “The Second Coming,” with the following lines: “Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the
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The word for today is… folklore (noun) – 1. The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally. 2. The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture. Also called folkloristics. 3. (a) A body of widely accepted but usually spurious notions about a place, group, or institution. (b)
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has defended his company’s stubborn refusal to remove the movie “Cuties” from its streaming service by sharing an article from left-leaning website The Verge which defends the movie. The opinion piece labelled “independent” by Hastings claims the criticisms of the
The word for today is… epistolary (adj) – 1. Of or associated with letters or the writing of letters. 2. Being in the form of a letter. 3. Carried on by or composed of letters. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Epistolary was formed from the noun epistle, which refers to a
The word for today is… derelict (adj) – 1. (a) Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned. (b) Run-down; dilapidated. 2. Neglectful of duty or obligation; remiss. See Synonyms at negligent. (noun) – 1. A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant. 2. (Law) (a) Abandoned property, especially a ship abandoned at
