The word for today is… importune (verb) – 1. To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly. 2. (Archaic) (a) To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly. (b) To annoy; vex. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Importune has many synonyms—including beg, entreat, beseech, and implore. Beg suggests
If you think your son really is a boy, or your daughter a girl, you’re the worst bigot on the planet. It’s “science”. At least, according to a so-called “social scientist” – only slightly more scientific than voodoo. In fact, parents who refuse to bow to the sleazy intellectual
The word for today is… evince (verb) – To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Let us conquer any uncertainty you may have about the history of evince. It derives from Latin evincere, meaning “to vanquish” or “to win a point,” and can be further traced to
The word for today is… clarion (adj) – Loud and clear: a clarion call to resistance. (noun) – (Music) 1. A medieval trumpet with a shrill clear tone. 2. The sound of this instrument or a sound resembling it. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : In the Middle Ages, clarion was a noun,
The word for today is… bildungsroman (noun) – A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Bildungsroman is the combination of two German words: Bildung, meaning “education,” and Roman, meaning “novel.” Fittingly, a bildungsroman is a
The word for today is… addlepated (adj) – Confused or stupid; befuddled. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : In Middle English an adel eye was a putrid egg. The stench of such an egg apparently affected the minds of some witty thinkers, who hatched a comparison between the diminished, unsound quality of
The word for today is… speculate (verb) – 1. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize. 2. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Speculate
The word for today is… redaction (noun) – 1. The act or process of preparing a document for publication, especially by deleting private or sensitive information. 2. An edited work; a new edition or revision. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Here’s a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you
The word for today is… provender (noun) – 1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock. 2. Food or provisions. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : When English speakers first chewed on the word provender around 1300, it referred to a stipend (also known as a prebend) that a
The BFD has been reporting on the steady slew of disturbing revelations, about Canadian transgender activist Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv. If there was a poster-boy for public concerns about the seedy side of transgenderism, Yaniv would be it. Because the legacy media won’t, the Post-Millennial has been doing an excellent
The word for today is… hapless (adj) – Luckless; unfortunate. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Hapless literally means what you’d expect it to mean: “without hap”—hap being another word for fortune or luck. Hap derives from the Old Norse word for “good luck,” a word that is also the
“I didn’t get much sleep last night thinking about underwear” Lawrence Ferlinghetti Australians, along with Brazilians and Colombians, are apparently amongst the cleanliest folk in the world, showering at least daily on average. New Zealanders never seem to get polled on this delicate question, but I’ll generously assume
The word for today is… gnomic (adj) – Marked by aphorisms; aphoristic. An aphorism is an adage. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : A gnome is an aphorism—that is, an observation or sentiment reduced to the form of a saying. Gnomes are sometimes couched in metaphorical or figurative language, they are
The word for today is… desideratum (noun) – Something considered necessary or highly desirable. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : We’d like to introduce you to some close cousins of the common word desire. All trace their roots to the Latin s?der-, or s?dus, which has historically been understood
The word for today is… cogent (adj) – Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : “Trained, knowledgeable agents make cogent suggestions … that make sense to customers.” It makes sense for us to include that comment from the president of a direct marketing consulting company
The word for today is… proprioception (noun) – The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself. (Why you don’t fall out of bed when asleep). An explanation of how this sense works: Our body knows how it is moving and where it is
