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RE: Speeches and Orations
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Philippic takes its name from the target of the speaker. Interesting contrast to the word "jeremiad......
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July 11, 2008 08:25
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Etymonline says as early as the 1300s. "Haca's or Hook's Island" became "Hackney" where they raised......
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July 08, 2008 09:03
RE: Noble Eponyms
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Any finite amount of initial capital will eventually be ruined. If I run a casino with just a little......
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April 09, 2008 17:35
RE: Noble Eponyms
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"1,828.042084 to 1" said the actuary. And not a wise play by Yarborough. Excellent odds for a 1,000......
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April 09, 2008 08:33
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"Vuja de" brings to mind an alternative direction for bad French phrases modeled on "deja vu." Deja ......
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March 30, 2008 18:32
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Thanks, z. That's what comes of searching one's memory phonetically rather than by etymological roo......
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March 26, 2008 06:24
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There is also "parabellum," which in German arms manufacture refers most commonly to the 9mm Luger p......
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March 26, 2008 05:20
RE: Fossil Words
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There are many such repetitiously redundant and periphrastic pleonasms in the law: * cease and desis......
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March 07, 2008 09:06
RE: What the fuck ?
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What, in fact, is an inappropriate word? When, if ever, do substitutes become as inappropriate as t......
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March 05, 2008 11:29
RE: Fossil Words
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Though I do recall a Star Trek episode "Amok Time..."...
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March 05, 2008 09:33
RE: Logic, Reasoning and Thought
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A quote from William F. Buckley, on language: "Some words, Dwight Macdonald wrote in a celebrated r......
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February 29, 2008 17:45
RE: It’s a jungle out there!
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"A Shot in the Dark" (1964) was followed five years later by another show with a bilingual pun, Oh C......
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January 26, 2008 20:25
RE: Making and Using Words
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Searching for images of portmanteaux, I came upon one made by a Pennsylvania firm, The Sutler of Mou......
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January 07, 2008 20:53
RE: What's new?
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I second the motion on the "gift bag" idea. The same term is used at Greek weddings for the sugared ......
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December 29, 2007 07:42
RE: Kinds of People
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Interesting to note a second kind of fierce soldier - the Mamelukes. Like the Janissaries a few ce......
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December 10, 2007 19:43
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Tragus also gives us the tragos-oide or goat-song, described in Online Etymological Dictionary as: ......
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December 02, 2007 12:12
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Alas, neveu, you have the instincts of an actuary. That need prove no impediment to social success.......
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December 02, 2007 04:49
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Flashback induced by reading "edentate," bringing to mind actuarial studies from early in my career:......
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November 30, 2007 19:49
RE: What's our theme?
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Wordcrafter offers another nice distinction with "willy-nilly." Same idea as "carrot and stick," wh......
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October 22, 2007 05:42
RE: Domineering Women
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Perhaps being named "yellow horse" (xanthi + hippo) might take its toll on one's good nature....
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