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The Word of the Day September 11, 2004
mea culpa \may-uh-KOOL-puh (the "OO" is as in "wool")\ noun
: a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error
Example sentence:
The principal offered his mea culpa at the school board meeting, but not all the parents accepted it.
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"Mea culpa," which means "through my fault" in Latin, comes from a prayer of confession in the Catholic church. Said by itself, it's an exclamation of apology or remorse that is used to mean "It was my fault" or "I apologize." "Mea culpa" is also a noun, however. A newspaper might issue a mea culpa for printing inaccurate information, or a politician might give a speech making mea culpas for past wrongdoings. "Mea culpa" is one of many English terms that derive from the Latin "culpa," meaning "guilt." Some other examples are "culpable" ("meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful") and "culprit" ("one guilty of a crime or a fault").
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Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
« Reply #1 on: Sep 12th, 2004, 6:18am » |
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The word of the day for September 12, 2004
nabob \NAY-bahb\ noun
1 : a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India
*2 : a person of great wealth or prominence
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"It's the haunt of international luminaries . . . television pundits, industrial nabobs, visiting royals, best-selling novelists, and anybody who is anybody." (Jay Jacobs, Gourmet, January 1983)
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In India's Mogul Empire, founded by the Moslem prince Bâbur in the 16th century, provincial governors carried the title of "nawâb" in the Urdu language. In 1612, Captain Robert Coverte (apparently unaware of earlier travel accounts) published a report of his "discovery" of "the Great Mogoll, a prince not till now knowne to our English nation." The Captain informed the English-speaking world that "An earle is called a Nawbob," thereby introducing the English version of the word to the written page. "Nabob," as it thereafter came to be spelled, gained its extended sense of "a prominent person" in the late 18th century, when it was applied sarcastically to British officials of the East India Company who returned home after amassing great wealth trading in Asia.
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Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
« Reply #2 on: Jul 29th, 2005, 4:27pm » |
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Mylane, very educational indeed. Added them words to my brain bank hehe... Here's one of many fun terms I've encountered and heard some friends use before...
skimplify
v. To reduce the amount of cloth used to cover the body. (Summer's here. Time to skimplify the wardrobe.)
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Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
« Reply #3 on: Jul 31st, 2005, 3:40am » |
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foxymoron
n. One who is incredibly dumb but incredibly cute, who simultaneously attracts and repels. ("I'm so ashamed. I hooked up with that foxymoron last night.")
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Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
« Reply #4 on: Aug 2nd, 2005, 5:35pm » |
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textual harassment
n. a proposition via text message; received, generally speaking, quite late in the evening. Similar to a textual advance, only far more annoying.
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be RoCk ....be WiLd... ExPrEsS uR sElF!!!!
 
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Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
« Reply #5 on: Jan 23rd, 2007, 4:48am » |
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on Jul 29th, 2005, 4:27pm, chantiq wrote:Mylane, very educational indeed. Added them words to my brain bank hehe... Here's one of many fun terms I've encountered and heard some friends use before...
skimplify
v. To reduce the amount of cloth used to cover the body. (Summer's here. Time to skimplify the wardrobe.)
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i love to wear skimplify tees!!!! 
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We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. *bad_day_me*
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Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
« Reply #6 on: Mar 13th, 2007, 3:48am » |
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"HUMUHUMUNUKUMUNUKUAAPUAA"
- a small hawaiin fish....lol
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