Another word a day part 9 pot

... Another Word A Day ffirs.qxd 7/ 21/ 05 12 :07 PM Page i Another Word A Day An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Anu Garg John Wiley & Sons, ... Became Words (or Places That Became Words) 9 orrery ● cadogan ● Oxfordian ● derby ● Yarborough 3 Words Having Origins in Chess 14 zugzwang ● checkmate ● gambit ● stalemate ● endgam...

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... 7 /21 /05 12: 08 PM Page 1 31 Kangaroo Words 1 32 indolent ● rapscallion ● amicable ● frangible ● scion 32 What Does That Company Name Mean? 135 cingular ● lucent ● prudential ● vanguard ● suppurate 33 ... 20 4 orotund ● draggle ● trunnel ● pinnate ● lability 51 Words Borrowed from Native American Languages 20 7 sachem ● wampum ● high-muck -a- muck ● manitou ● powwow 52 Loanwords from...

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... the Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the Himalayas and Tibet.” —New York Times gambit (GAM-bit) noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri- ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.” —Montreal Gazette EARLS WHO BECAME WORDS (OR PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS) 11 Whodunit The battle rages,...

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... Economist 22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (19 34 1996) Hasta Mañana These three possibilities for the word anon pretty ... from gamba (leg). ● “North Korea will no doubt try to gain maximum advantage by playing South Korea,America and Japan off against each other. If it fails to get the result—and the cash...

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... Economist 32 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. — HANLON’S RAZOR Bard Bettered Several years ago, I heard a delightful story about Isaac Bashe- vis ... other language, and that some words were in fact untranslatable. As an example Singer picked the word chutzpah,saying that its being an untranslat- able word he was...

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... mittere. 38 ANOTHER WORD A DAY I never vote for anyone; I always vote against. — W. C. F IELDS, comedian (1880–19 46) cmp01.qxd 7/21/05 12:12 PM Page 38 W hat do a magazine and an albatross have in ... lasche (slack), ultimately from Latin laxare (to loosen). When you admire the “lush” decor of an apartment, sign a “lease,” simply “relax,” or use a “laxative,” you are employing...

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... this [AAA] card as a talisman against auto- motive calamity should know that, in doing so, they lend sup- port to an agenda in favor of road building, against pollution control and even auto-safety ... auto-safety measures—that helps deepen the automotive calamity afflicting the nation as a whole.” —Harper’s Magazine WORDS BORROWED FROM ARABIC 47 I have always imagined that paradise will...

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... incident was characterized as gang activity, ‘probably drug-related.’ Mason winced at the words. The line had grown to be a bad joke around the mission,the explanation they almost always got whenever a ... goujon. 62 ANOTHER WORD A DAY No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. — LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, composer (1770– 182 7) Side-hill Gudgeon Ever hear of a side-hill gu...

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... from the Latin word caput (head). Such words are called cognates. On the other hand, we have false cognates, also known as false friends. These are words that appear to be related but have com- pletely ... and father of Laurene, Miriam,Tycko,Timothy, Sarabeth, Marie, Dawnita,Anna Leah,Alexander, and Caleb. Clearly, my wife is neither impregnable nor inconceivable— and she certainly is beara...

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... out”). One day he was ranting and raving about an exaggerated claim made by his archrival, Louis B. Mayer. Mayer had said that his studio, MGM, had more stars than the sky. Goldwyn demanded to ... of a medial syllable, as in people who say ‘realator’ instead of ‘realtor.’” —Chicago Sun-Times 110 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...

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... drumbeats, and landscapes. The English language has borrowed words from many of Africa’s languages: trek, aardvark, impala, gnu, okra to name a few. In this chapter we’ll see words that originate ... the Paradox database, by Borland. ANSA was the zombie. My wife and I worked as freelance technical writers for ANSA. Borland is a zombie too, from all appearances. So the “brilliant” venture...

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... shape suggests that of a seahorse. Anatomy also yields a horse-related phrase: cauda equina, Latin for “the tail of a horse,” an apt description of the array of sacral and coccygeal nerve tracts ... what a war really is! ● “Better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Al Abed, Al Bas- soumi recalls in detail his childhood and the happy and sad events of that period.” —Star (Amman, Jordan)...

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... against the Chinese armada in a friendly between Malaysia and China today.” —Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 214 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body ... Latin armata (army). An anagram of this word is another term from Spanish. What is it? ● “Choong Hann, who won the Taiwan Open last week, how- ever,has a chance for revenge a...

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... in auctions, reverse auc- tions and Dutch auctions of livestock and grain.” —Industry Standard 74 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and ... which a sacrifice is made to secure advantage. And adding an F to estival results in the word festival, a feast day or celebration.” “Good old Watson,”Holmes exclaimed,jumping up from...

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