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RE: Ancient Metal Elements (metaphorically)
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Then there was St. John Chrysostom (347-407 AD), the "golden mouthed," a reference to his eloquence....
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July 17, 2008 04:29
RE: Animals as Metaphors
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Important distinction: The albatross itself represents good luck. It was only when the mariner kille......
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May 02, 2008 07:40
RE: Nine ack emma
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Hacking through statistics and train service, I revert to the initial theme of words-for-letters. A......
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March 12, 2008 06:41
Purveyor versus Procurer
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The newspapers report "the Mann Act has been used...in prostitution cases, although normally it was ......
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March 12, 2008 06:16
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: Pregnancy, from Z to A
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From Kurt Vonnegut: He was a portly man, aslop with coffee, gravid with Danish pastry. Poor, lugubri......
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February 24, 2008 04:55
RE: Portmanteau words
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Ludicrous - source of amusement. (Per Etymonline, sense of "ridiculous" from 1782.) + Lunacy - ins......
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January 18, 2008 09:36
RE: Portmanteau words
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Resurrecting an old thread with a terrific new example from ......
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January 18, 2008 08:46
RE: Professions from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
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"And shame it is, if a prest take keep, A shiten shepherde and clene sheep." In the sense of soiled......
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December 25, 2007 08:08
RE: Professions from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
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Excellent observation. In Frye's scheme, mythic means god-like powers, the heroic has more control ......
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December 23, 2007 11:01
RE: Professions from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"
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In "Anatomy of Criticism" Northop Frye proposed that literature moves in cycles, that it evolves (de......
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December 22, 2007 05:09
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
RE: About face
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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
RE: About face
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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: "The Sea"
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From whence is the quote on the Colonel and Miss Vavasour? Note this from Wiki: "A vavasour, (also ......
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November 22, 2007 17:48
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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October 06, 2007 13:26
RE: Domineering Women
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Whether a word is negative or positive depends upon the conjugation, viz.: "I'm resolute, you're st......
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October 03, 2007 08:09
Extraordinary superlatives
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The vocabulary thread entry chili dogs brings to mind a new kind of superlative, as in "Evil con car......
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September 19, 2007 15:36
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