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(Message started by: mylane on Sep 10^th, 2004, 9:14pm)

Title: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by mylane on Sep 10^th, 2004, 9:14pm

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.

Did you know?
"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").

Title: Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by mylane on Sep 12^th, 2004, 6:18am

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

Example sentence:
"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)

Did you know?
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.

Title: Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by chantiq on Jul 29^th, 2005, 4:27pm

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.)

Title: Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by chantiq on Jul 31^st, 2005, 3:40am

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.")

Title: Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by chantiq on Aug 2^nd, 2005, 5:35pm

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.

Title: Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by bad_day_me on Jan 23^rd, 2007, 4:48am

on 07/29/05 at 16:27:28, chantiq wrote:

i love to wear skimplify tees!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: MYMY: WORD OF THE DAY
Post by okasantina on Mar 13^th, 2007, 3:48am

"HUMUHUMUNUKUMUNUKUAAPUAA"
- a small hawaiin fish....lol ;D