“ We’re American, we go barefoot! ”
“ And guess what: college. Yep. The 7 letter word from the 9th level of Hell. ”
“ When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ”
(via goatinahat)
On the subject of: Screwed Up Paedophile Books
- Amelia: It's long too. It'll keep me happy for a little bit before I finish it.
- Gus: I'm glad those kinds of stories make you happy.
- Amelia: I have no response to that.
Interesting Word: yawp
yawp |yôp|
noun
a harsh or hoarse cry or yelp.
• foolish or noisy talk.
verb [ intrans. ]
shout or exclaim hoarsely.
• talk foolishly or noisily.
DERIVATIVES
yawper noun
ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb): imitative. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.
“ Hey….hey……you are a really. Pretty fork. ”
“ It’s okay to be ridden on for three days straight. ”
Interesting Word: saprotroph
saprotroph |ˈsaprəˌtrōf; -ˌträf|
noun Biology
an organism that feeds on or derives nourishment from decaying organic matter.
DERIVATIVES
saprotrophic |ˌsaprəˈtrōfik; -ˈträfik| adjective
ORIGIN back-formation from saprotrophic.
“ Look at these pecs. They’re like manboobs, only firm. ”
Interesting Word: djebel or jebel
jebel |ˈjebəl| (also djebel)
noun
(in the Middle East and North Africa) a mountain or hill, or a range of hills.
ORIGIN colloquial Arabic form of jabal ‘mountain.’
Interesting Word: titubation
titubation |ˌti ch əˈbā sh ən|
noun Medicine
nodding movement of the head or body, esp. as caused by a nervous disorder.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin titubatio(n-), from titubare ‘to totter.’
“ By then I knew that everything good and bad left an emptiness when it stopped. ”
(via strawberreli)
Interesting Word: imago
imago |iˈmāgō; iˈmä-|
noun ( pl. imagos , imagoes or imagines |iˈmāgəˌnēz|)
1 Entomology the final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, typically winged.
2 Psychoanalysis an unconscious, idealized mental image of someone, esp. a parent, that influences a person’s behavior.
ORIGIN late 18th cent. (sense 1) : modern Latin use of Latin imago ‘image.’ Sense 2 dates from the early 20th cent.
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