Well, if weltanschauung is a view of the world as we think it should be, is there a word for how we think it actually is? My own weltanschauung is not very happy right now.
And, though it's not a rare word, I had to add weltanschauung to my spell-check dictionary. Harrumph!
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- Sat May 11, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Weltanschauung
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6338
- Sat May 11, 2024 6:56 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Tendentious
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2889
Re: Tendentious
A good strong word, I like it. One thing, however, is that it is only about being one-sided over things that could have other sides. One couldn't be tendentious about 2 + 2 = 4, could one?
- Fri May 10, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Proditory
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6729
Re: Proditory
Journalists today should learn this word. Then they could write about our proditory prior president.
- Fri May 10, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: Grammar
- Topic: New development in Panini's Generative Grammar of Sanskrit
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10781
Re: New development in Panini's Generative Grammar of Sanskrit
I like the Occam's Razor-type quote from the professor, “If the solution is complicated, you are probably wrong.” The article would have been improved for me by having an example or two of just what the problem looked like. Still, it's nice knowing that even after 5,000 years, there are new things t...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ghetto
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3121
Re: Ghetto
FWIW, my speculation is that the English 'gh' is a 16th century someone's approximation of the spelling of the sound of the Italian 'ge'.
- Fri May 10, 2024 6:13 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Logy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4865
Re: Logy
I confess to going back and forth on the pronunciation of this one, probably because I don't come across it often and don't think I've ever actually used it, I'll use the pronunciation as given, or go for making the 'g' a ''dj'. Any thunks?
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Huff
- Replies: 1
- Views: 56
Re: Huff
Pretty much the same meaning as onomatopoeia, but I think the word you're looking for is 'imitative'.
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Bolus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2457
Re: Bolus
Well, I, for one, am surprised; this is not related to the embolus of embolism. That's from the ballein of things like hyperbole and abulia. Far out.
- Thu May 09, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Resuscitate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2792
Re: Resuscitate
Resuscitation in the cinema often gets me. There someone is, on the brink of death, someone does some CPR, and bang!, they're up and at 'em, ready and rarin' to go. I do know movies aren't real, but sometimes it's a bit much, even for suspension of disbelief.
- Wed May 08, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Stratagem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8418
Re: Stratagem
If only someone could come up with a stratagem for bringing lasting peace to the Middle East.
Simplistic, I know, but as Rodney King asked, "Can’t we all just get along?"
Simplistic, I know, but as Rodney King asked, "Can’t we all just get along?"
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Primate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3154
Re: Primate
In case anyone's interested, the Russian prikhodit' does mean to come to or arrive, but it also carries the added nuance of 'on foot', 'walking'. If you drive, it would be 'priekhat'. There are entire textbooks written just for understanding the intricacies of Russian verbs of motion. They can be ve...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:39 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Doyen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8474
Re: Doyen
As with brunet, this is one of those words I tend to associate first and foremost with women. Meaning I think doyenne or brunette first, even when it's written doyen or brunet.
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Misandry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3006
Re: Misandry
Two comments:
The "@me_too" movement is more generally know as #MeToo,
As for misanthropy, I don't necessarily have anything against humans in general, but people can sure be a bother.
The "@me_too" movement is more generally know as #MeToo,
As for misanthropy, I don't necessarily have anything against humans in general, but people can sure be a bother.
- Mon May 06, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Exacerbate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6683
Re: Exacerbate
Worsen and intensify are considered 'synonyms', but they aren't really, as this one takes a direct object. A forest fire may itself intensify, and a patient's condition may worsen, but they don't exacerbate. It takes an outside influence to exacerbate them. I imagine they could be exacerbescent, tho...
- Sun May 05, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Paltry
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7923
Re: Paltry
If you paltrily provide provender, you'll end up with paltry poultry.