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erg - An area of shifting dunes in the Sahara.
(It's also a unit of work, but I was already familiar with that meaning.)
(It's also a unit of work, but I was already familiar with that meaning.)
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I have to look up hermeneutics every time I see it.Katya wrote:Heh, no, I found it in the BYU library catalog when I was looking up Book of Mormon-related subject headings.C is for wrote:"Others place primary emphasis on the reasoning of post-apostolic theologians or on biblical hermeneutics and exegesis." - D. Todd ChristoffersonKatya wrote:hermeneutics - The branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, esp. of the Bible or literary texts.
(I'm guessing that's not where you found the word?)
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I always think of Dune when I see erg used in the desert sense. (Actually, that may be the only time I've seen it used in the desert sense...)Katya wrote:erg - An area of shifting dunes in the Sahara.
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riparian (adj.)
Of, pertaining to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
Found in jurisdictional disputes section of Wikipedia article on Liberty Island.
Of, pertaining to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
Found in jurisdictional disputes section of Wikipedia article on Liberty Island.
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Strange that Theodora expressed absolutely no concern over riparian situations in the most recent movie.Yarjka wrote:riparian (adj.)
Of, pertaining to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
Found in jurisdictional disputes section of Wikipedia article on Liberty Island.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
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The term "SNATIATION" was coined by Judith G. Hall. The term is a backronym created from a portmanteau of the words sneeze and satiation. It stands for Sneezing Non-controllably At a Time of Indulgence of the Appetite—a Trait Inherited and Ordained to be Named.
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hootenanny - An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing.
Sadly, the origin of this word is unknown.
Sadly, the origin of this word is unknown.
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My very southern grandmother says this a lot.Katya wrote:hootenanny - An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing.
Sadly, the origin of this word is unknown.
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It is a word I'd heard before, but I didn't know the exact meaning.Emiliana wrote:My very southern grandmother says this a lot.Katya wrote:hootenanny - An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing.
Sadly, the origin of this word is unknown.
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My wife's family has a German pancake recipe that has been used for several generations with the name 'hootenanny'. It's fun to tell people that we will be having a hootenanny with lots of syrup!Emiliana wrote:My very southern grandmother says this a lot.Katya wrote:hootenanny - An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing.
Sadly, the origin of this word is unknown.
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My mom made us hootenanny growing up, too, though I'm not sure where she got it from.Yarjka wrote:My wife's family has a German pancake recipe that has been used for several generations with the name 'hootenanny'. It's fun to tell people that we will be having a hootenanny with lots of syrup!
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Snakehead -- someone who smuggles people from China into another country; the Chinese equivalent of a Mexican coyote.
Found in Chen v. Gonzales, 470 F.3d 1131 (5th Cir. 2006).
Found in Chen v. Gonzales, 470 F.3d 1131 (5th Cir. 2006).
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I learned that from the movie Premium Rush! Good old Mr. Gordon-Levitt, teaching me all the cool words.
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Thaumavore: a creature that eats magic.
"If you don't put enough commas in, you won't know where to breathe and will die of asphyxiation"
--Jasper Fforde
--Jasper Fforde
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Mediatisation - The subsumption of one monarchy into another monarchy in such a way that the ruler of the annexed state keeps his sovereign title and, sometimes, a measure of local power.
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Dhimmitude is a neologism borrowed from the French language. It is derived by adding the productive suffix -tude to the Arabic noun dhimmi, which refers to a non-Muslim subject of an Islamic state.
Found in a quote in Diana West's recklessly conservative The Death of the Grown-Up.
Found in a quote in Diana West's recklessly conservative The Death of the Grown-Up.
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alembic - an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube.
Source: A New Yorker article about absinthe!
Source: A New Yorker article about absinthe!
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oh, I'm actually familiar with that one from a Nabokov novel, but had completely forgotten what it meant.
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tendentious - Expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, esp. a controversial one: "a tendentious reading of history".
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Numismatics, from an article about a $2M to $5M 1913 Liberty Head nickel. It means coin collecting.