The word for today is… frivolous (adjective): 1a: of little weight or importance b: having no sound basis (as in fact or law) 2a: lacking in seriousness b: marked by unbecoming levity Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word frivolous is applied to things that don’t deserve serious attention—though
Veteran padre Rev Bill Chapman, or Father Bill as he is most-known, is in the right place to keep-on keeping-on stepping down from parish duties. Covering three parishes was getting a bit much to do, at the age of 79, he confirmed after being farewelled by the
The word for today is… injunction (noun): 1: a writ granted by a court of equity whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act 2: the act or an instance of enjoining : order, admonition Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Injunction, injunction, what’s your function?
Steven Alker has finished the season with a monster payday in Phoenix. The Kiwi golfer won the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup on Monday afternoon (NZT) to wrap up his PGA Tour Champions campaign with a combined $US1 million (NZ$1.7 million) payday. Alker earned $528,000 for winning
The word for today is… orotund (adjective): 1: marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : sonorous 2: pompous, bombastic Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Shaping one’s mouth into an o-shape is pretty much a surefire way to produce an orotund or resonant sound, that is full, strong, and
Auckland Women’s Corrections Officer Anika Perese chipped a bone in her ankle at work. “She fell to the floor, landed on her back and called for help.” But that help wasn’t offered. A nurse said the ankle was probably sprained and for her to elevate it. Corrections did
The word for today is… pareidolia (noun): : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’ve ever spotted an image of a dog or a shoe in the clouds, you’ve exhibited what is called pareidolia,
The word for today is… ambiguous (adjective): 1a: doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness b: inexplicable 2: capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Ambiguous has, like many words in English, more than one possible meaning; a quality some
As part of the party’s controversial tax plan, National proposed reversing the foreign buyers’ ban on ‘luxury’ houses worth over $2 million to help pay for tax relief. There would be a 15 per cent tax for overseas buyers who purchase a property over that price limit. But National’
The word for today is… gauntlet (noun): 1: a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand 2: any of various protective gloves used especially in industry 3: an open challenge (as to combat) – used in phrases like throw down the gauntlet 4: a dress glove extending above the
She hides inside her flat, in mental and physical pain. It’s been 19 years of turmoil – in which Brittany Kremers has been conditioned to the word ‘no’ and unrequited hope. Disfigured in a world that elevates beauty, she keeps her twisted jaw and unaligned teeth behind four walls and
The word for today is… oleaginous (adjective): 1: resembling or having the properties of oil : oily also : containing or producing oil 2: marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The oily oleaginous slipped into English via Middle French oleagineux, coming from Latin oleagineus, meaning “of
Broadcaster Kate Hawkesby is leaving her Newstalk ZB show Early Edition, the station has confirmed. Hawkesby will continue to host the show until November 24, but will continue her Friday morning slot on her husband Mike Hosking’s breakfast show. She first joined Early Edition in 2017, replacing Rachel Smalley.
The word for today is… upbraid (verb): 1: to criticize severely : find fault with 2: to reproach severely : scold vehemently Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : First things first: do not confuse upbraid with topknot lest you be upbraided for it. Topknot is a noun referring to a hairstyle, while upbraid is
cfact.org The transformation to a fossil-fuel-free, all-electric economy would take the world back to living conditions in the 1800’s by ridding the world of crude oil, coal and natural gas usage and result in: * The pre-1800’s, when the world had no fuels other
The word for today is… embargo (noun, verb): noun 1: an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports 2: a legal prohibition on commerce 3: stoppage, impediment, especially : prohibition 4: an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight
