(In this case, used jokingly to explain why the author found themself suddenly agreeing with views they always hated when they were younger. Clearly possession is the answer.
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Ha, sorry, wasn't meaning to sound braggish, I was just excited that I actually knew a word. My vocabulary is lacking. But I actually knew dybbuk, too, thanks to A Serious Man, which is my favorite Coen brothers movie.Katya wrote:Oh yeah, you would. Cool.krebscout wrote:Hey, that's a word I knew!
Great movie! All should watch, now.krebscout wrote:But I actually knew dybbuk, too, thanks to A Serious Man, which is my favorite Coen brothers movie.
Oh no, I didn't think you sounded braggish at all. I genuinely think that the vocabulary and jargon of different professions is interesting, and it's certainly a concept that would be more important in your profession than in mine.krebscout wrote:Ha, sorry, wasn't meaning to sound braggish, I was just excited that I actually knew a word. My vocabulary is lacking.Katya wrote:Oh yeah, you would. Cool.krebscout wrote:Hey, that's a word I knew!
This etymology makes my day.Laser Jock wrote:Also, I had no idea that ascorbic acid was etymologically related to scurvy, but "antiscorbutic" made it kinda obvious (a = without, scorbic = scurvy-ish).
Emiliana wrote:I just realized the other day that "cuss" was originally a dialectical variant of "curse."
I felt the same way.Katya wrote:Emiliana wrote:I just realized the other day that "cuss" was originally a dialectical variant of "curse."How did I never make that connection?