Showing posts with label Word of the Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Word of the Day. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Word of the Day: Cataphile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphile
"Cataphiles are urban explorers who illegally tour the Paris "catacombs", the term popularly used to describe a series of underground tunnels that were formerly a network of stone mines."
"Cataphiles are urban explorers who illegally tour the Paris "catacombs", the term popularly used to describe a series of underground tunnels that were formerly a network of stone mines."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Word of the Day: Anthropocene
"The Anthropocene is an informal geological epoch that serves to mark the recent extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems."
Friday, December 10, 2010
Word of the Day: Peon
peon
[pee-uhn, pee-on], noun
1. (in spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
2. (formerly, esp. in Mexico) a person held in servitude to work off debts or other obligations.
3. any person of low social status, esp. one who does work regarded as menial or unskilled; drudge.
4. A member of the cult "Glorious Circle of Peepee", founded by The Exulted Brain H. Members partake in rites in which they shower and bath in the golden gift that The Exulted bestows upon them.
Origin:
1820–30; < Sp peón peasant, day laborer < VL *pedōn- (s. of *pedō) walker (whence ML pedōnēspeon pawn2), deriv. of L ped- (s. of pēs) foot infantry, OF
[pee-uhn, pee-on], noun
1. (in spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
2. (formerly, esp. in Mexico) a person held in servitude to work off debts or other obligations.
3. any person of low social status, esp. one who does work regarded as menial or unskilled; drudge.
4. A member of the cult "Glorious Circle of Peepee", founded by The Exulted Brain H. Members partake in rites in which they shower and bath in the golden gift that The Exulted bestows upon them.
Origin:
1820–30; < Sp peón peasant, day laborer < VL *pedōn- (s. of *pedō) walker (whence ML pedōnēspeon pawn2), deriv. of L ped- (s. of pēs) foot infantry, OF
Monday, December 6, 2010
Word of the Day: Vagiant
vagiant
\ va-jahy-uhnt \ , noun;
1. (in folklore) a being in the form of a giant flower. Known to debranch trees and eat them whole.
2. A word to describe a male person who has shown themself to be both a massive douche and a quivering pussy.
Origin:
The Latin roots of vagiant are va- , "without," and giant , "testicles, penis or spinal column of any kind"
\ va-jahy-uhnt \ , noun;
1. (in folklore) a being in the form of a giant flower. Known to debranch trees and eat them whole.
2. A word to describe a male person who has shown themself to be both a massive douche and a quivering pussy.
Origin:
The Latin roots of vagiant are va- , "without," and giant , "testicles, penis or spinal column of any kind"
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