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Addictium: (ah-dik-tee-umm) Noun, 1. A Substance mixed with cool projects to make craftspeople want to do them lots. Manifests in the form of instant to near instant gratification in project creation and completion.
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calm geeky geeky Don, n.1 | SECOND EDITION 1989 |
( d
n ) Also 6 Doen, Done. In senses 3, 4 with small initial. [a. Sp. don:
L . domin-um master, lord.]
1. A Spanish title, prefixed to a man's Christian name.
Formerly confined to men of high rank, but now applied in courtesy to all of the better classes.
b. By extension: often humorous. Obs.
Much Ado V. ii. 86 If Don worme (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrarie. 1619 Pasquil's Palin. (1877) 152 Don Constable in wrath appeares. a1659 CLEVELAND London Lady 17 Don Mars, the great Ascendant on the Road. c. Don Diego, a name for a Spaniard (cf. DIEGO); hence, 
Don Diego v., to cheat or ‘do’ (obs.). Don Juan, the name of a legendary Spanish nobleman whose dissolute life was dramatized by Gabriel Tellez in his Convivado de Piedra; the name was adopted in various popular imitations of this play and by Byron in his well-known poem; a rake, libertine, roué; also attrib.; hence, Don Jua
nesque , Don Juanic , Don Juanish adjs., and Don Juanery , Don Juanism . Don Pedro (see sense 6). Don Quixote, the hero of a Spanish romance by Cervantes, who, from his attempt to be a knight-errant as described in the books of chivalry, has become the type of any one who attempts to do an absurdly impossible thing or to carry out an impossible ideal; also attrib.; hence, Don Quixote v., Don Quixotism: see also QUIXOTIC, etc.
8 Why you look as if you were Don Diego'd to the Tune of a Thousand Pounds. 1719 DE FOE Crusoe II. xiii, The state he [a Chinaman of position] rode in was a perfect Don Quixoteism being a mixture of pomp and poverty. [1734 FIELDING Don Quixote in England Introd., The Audience, I believe, are all acquainted with the Character of Don Quixote and Sancho. I have brought them over into England, and introduced them at an Inn in the Country.] a1845 HOOD T. of Trumpet xxx, The most Don Juanish rake. 1848 THACKERAY Van. Fair xxii. 190 Don't trifle with her affections, you Don Juan! 1855 Newcomes (1879) II. xx. 236 (Stanf.) It was the man whose sweetheart this Don Juan had..deserted. 1870 D. G. ROSSETTI Let. 15 Mar. (1965) II. 817 He is a complete Don Quixote in every way. 1882 STEVENSON Fam. Stud. 55 It is the punishment of Don Juanism. 1890 G. B. SHAW Let. 16 Dec. (1965) 278 An Irish Don Juan who will eventually compromise Socialism by some outrageous scandal. Ibid., Those who take the Don Juan view of me. 1898 W. GRAHAM Last Links 33 Byron's manner was tinged with a vein of Don-Juanesque recklessness. 1900 A. CONAN DOYLE Gt. Boer War x. 167 His long thin figure, his gaunt Don-Quixote face. 1902 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Jan. 6/3 This Don Quixote of a society has made an assault upon the most solid of windmills. 1925 D. H. LAWRENCE Refl. on Death Porcupine 182 It's Don Juanery, sex-in-the-head, no real desire, which leads to profligacy and squalid promiscuity. 1926 W. J. LOCKE Old Bridge ix. 138 Her father was a Don Juanesque clerk in a factory. 1963 AUDEN Dyer's Hand III. 106 B..tries to be a Don Juan seducer in an attempt to compel life to take an interest in him.2. A Spanish lord or gentleman; a Spaniard.
3. transf. A distinguished man; one of position or importance; a leader, first class man. Also (colloq. and dial.) attrib., and in phrase a don at something, i.e. an adept.
dipus , Apollo, Reverend Phoebus, Don of Delphos. 1665 DRYDEN Indian Emp. Epil. 21 The great dons of wit. 1768-74 TUCKER Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 466 Quotations from the old dons of Greece. 1833 in Westm. Rev. Apr. 445 One of the men..was what was called a ‘don workman’. 1854 Chamb. Jrnl. II. 280 A don at cricket.4. Hence, in the colloquial language of the English universities: A head, fellow or tutor of a college.
5. = DAN1, DOM1 2. Obs. rare.
6. More fully, Don Pedro, a game at cards.
The players are divided into two sides and have 6 or 5 cards each; the points scored in one game are 23:
one each for High, Low, and Jack of trumps, 5 for Game (i.e. for the side which at the end of the game scores the highest total from the cards won by them, counting 10, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for a ten, ace, king, queen and knave respectively), also 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively for the ace, king, queen and knave of trumps, and 5 for the five or Don.
Hence dondom , donhood , donlike a., donly a., donness , all nonce-wds. from sense 4.
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Sometimes things don't go, after all,
from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel
faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail.
Sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.
A people sometimes will step back from war,
elect an honest man, decide they care
enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor.
Some men become what they were born for.
Sometimes our best intentions do not go
amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to.
The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow
that seemed hard frozen; may it happen for you.
-Sheenagh Pugh
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curiousI have been driven to distraction the last week or so by the awful spelling and grammar endemic in society these days... so I went looking for some balm for my injured literary soul...
Behold! Ask Oxford!
Mmmm... happiness - go find out about the development of the english pound sign, what a contranym is, and whether you should inquire or enquire with Ask Oxford about the words that fascinate you... *grin*
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cold*sigh*
What does it say about me that one of the highlights of my day is the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day? And, further, that I am disappointed when (for the second time this year) they mess up and send the same word two days in a row?
Well, at least last time when I whined, they fixed it... *crosses fingers*
disappointedpepperbeast dorky amusedThis is long, but worthwhile... Geeky topic, good advice for life, interesting and funny speaker.
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Courtesy Merriam-Webster:
The Word of the Day for July 9 is:
tincture \TINK-cher\ noun
1 : color, tint
2 a : a characteristic quality : cast *b : a slight admixture : trace
3 : a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent
Example sentence:
Mabel's stories contain just the right tincture of macabre humor to be enjoyed by readers young and old alike.
Did you know?
"Tincture" derives from the same root as "tint" and "tinge" -- the Latin verb "tingere," meaning "to moisten or dip." "Tincture"
specifically derives via Middle English from the Latin "tinctus," the past participle of "tingere." When the word first appeared in English in the
14th century, "tincture" referred to a coloring matter or dye, but by the 17th century the word had acquired a number of additional meanings,
including "a slight infusion or trace of something." "Tinge" and "shade" are two other words referring to color that can be used the same way.
"Tincture" can also refer, among other things, to the colors used in a coat of arms or an herbal or medicinal solution.
geekyThe Word of the Day for April 8 is:
longanimity \long-guh-NIM-uh-tee\ noun
: a disposition to bear injuries patiently : forbearance
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