tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694723577189885962024-02-08T04:40:42.232-08:00Slip of the TongueCourtney Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775711160564783755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569472357718988596.post-42164972047882218202008-02-23T14:56:00.001-08:002008-02-23T20:14:52.736-08:00Word of the Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">colloquialism</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> (noun) - informal word or phrase appropriate to </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">familiar, everyday conversation. Colloquialisms are more </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">acceptable than slang in a wider social context.</span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">You're gettin' just a little bit too big for your britches. </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">I may have to take you down a notch or two.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">There were so many people you couldn't stir them with a stick.</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">slang</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> (noun) - informal nonstandard vocabulary peculiar to a particular </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">group.</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">I have to give her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">props</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> for that website! (Slang for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">accolades</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">.)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Looks like Rick will be next to get </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">pagonged</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">. (A Survivor fan's word for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">fired</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">.)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Call the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">data-dink</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">, the system has crashed again. (Slang for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">computer expert</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">.)</span></li></ul></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Courtney Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775711160564783755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569472357718988596.post-50923016039861039852008-02-20T10:16:00.001-08:002008-02-23T14:25:47.912-08:00Word of the Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">deus ex machina</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (noun) - literally meaning "god out of a machine," </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">describes an artificial, or improbable, character, device, or event </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">situation or untangle a plot. Having its origins in the conventions </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">of Greek tragedy, it refers to situations in which a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">mechane</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (crane) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">was used to lower actors playing a god or gods onto the stage.</span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">deus ex machina</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> plot device is parodied in Mel Brook's </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"History of the World: Part 1." Near the end, the king's body </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">double is about to be executed when a horse named "Miracle" </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">arrives and rescues the double and his friends. When the </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">double comments that the time gap is too big for one man to </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">live through, the driver retorts that the movie is only fiction </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">so it does not matter.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Courtney Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775711160564783755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569472357718988596.post-88529248037552346092008-02-20T10:14:00.001-08:002008-02-23T14:48:19.845-08:00Word of the Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">liaison </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(noun) - 1: relationship, interrelationship, 2: intercommunication </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">established and maintained between entities to ensure mutual understanding, </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">unity of action, and especially prompt and effective support</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When spelling the word "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">liaison</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">," Arthur tended to forget that there was </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">an "i" before the "a".</span></span></span></span><a></a></div></div></div>Courtney Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775711160564783755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569472357718988596.post-55545081374922947972008-02-20T09:46:00.000-08:002008-02-23T14:28:08.119-08:00Word of the Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Times;"><table align="center" bg="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="595" style="color:white;"><tbody><tr><td width="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></td><td valign="top" width="410"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><img src="http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/images/pixt.gif" border="0" height="5" width="1" /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Adamant </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">(adjective) - unshakable or immovable, especially in<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> opposition<br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Adamancy </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">(noun) - unyielding quality : condition or fact of<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> being stubborn or obstinate</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> <br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Not to be confused with:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Adam Ant </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">- 1980s rocker best known for "Goody Two Shoes,"<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> "Strip," and "Wonderful"</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The rock-in-roll star was </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">adamant</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> that he </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">raise money for the Dian<br />Fossey Gorilla Fund in order to save the gorillas and their habitat.<br />In his </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">adamancy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, he rewrote his famous "Stand and Deliver" song<br />to be "Save the Gorillas".</span></span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;font-family:Arial;font-size:13;"><br /></span></span>Courtney Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03775711160564783755noreply@blogger.com0