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LaurieHolden
Floreat Gymnorhina tyrannica
Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Location: Victoria Park
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Post subject: Word of the Day / Etymology | |
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I do like a bit of a dive into origins of words, and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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LaurieHolden
Floreat Gymnorhina tyrannica
Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Location: Victoria Park
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Yakka first occurs in the 1840s as a verb meaning ‘to work’, and it derives from yaga meaning ‘work’ in the Yagara language of the Brisbane region. Yakka found its way into nineteenth-century Australian pidgin, and then passed into Australian English. _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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Skids
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Location: Joined 3/6/02 . Member #175
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Running 'Amok'.
The word "amok" comes from the Malay word "mengamok," which means to make a furious and desperate charge. Captain Cook used the phrase to describe the behaviour of Malay tribesmen. _________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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Most people are aware of the word Snafu and understand it to be a chaotic state, not many are aware that it's origins is as a US Military Acronym, where it means Situation Normal All F'd Up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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watt price tully
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I don’t mean to bug you but what is the etymology of aetiology and entomology? 😉🤔 _________________ “I even went as far as becoming a Southern Baptist until I realised they didn’t keep ‘em under long enough” Kinky Friedman |
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stui magpie
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latin. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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LaurieHolden
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Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Location: Victoria Park
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Actually Greek. The suffix 'ology' is adapted from Ancient Greek literary origins, meaning 'the study of'.
While many branches of knowledge / science have Latin names, there isn't a Latin term for 'oligy'. _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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stui magpie
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There is if you pronounce the 'li' with an r, but otherwise I defer to your knowledge. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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LaurieHolden
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Sangfroid - the ability to stay calm in a difficult or dangerous situation.
Derived from French sang froid, literally "cool blood," from sang "blood" (from Latin sanguis).
Its a tricky one on the pronunciation front though. More 'son-frWa'.
If you ever get invited to the MCC, you could try and blend in, and use it in a sentence, e.g -
"despite having his head taken off on numerous occasions, Ginnivan maintained his sangfroid, and proved himself once again by kicking a brace of goals" _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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think positive
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Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Sangfroid, I love that, rolls of the tongue, I’m a gunna remember that one! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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LaurieHolden
Floreat Gymnorhina tyrannica
Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Location: Victoria Park
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soliloquy - A speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching rather than to the other characters:
Hamlet's soliloquy starts "To be or not to be".
plural soliloquies
I sometimes find myself walking around home uttering soliloquy. I think that is also called talking to yourself... _________________ "The Club's not Jock, Ted and Gerry" (& Eddie)
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