fun·da·ment
Pronunciation: 'f&n-d&-m&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English foundement, from Anglo-French, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare to found, from fundus
1 : an underlying ground, theory, or principle
2 a : BUTTOCKS b : ANUS
3 : the part of a land surface that has not been altered by human activities
Came to my attention when a friend told me about having a "sore fundament" after falling.
I was familiar with meaning numer one, but in no way meanings number 2 or 3.
EDITED TO ADD--I did not capitalize the words in def. #2--I promise!
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Wow, has this one thrown me for a loop. I'm re-suggesting it, after having been reminded of it while looking up another word. I do hope it is not too much of a pain in the fundament for treatment.
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I'm just wondering if there was a tie in someone's mind at last regarding the two different meanings id love to be a fly on the wall when it happened.fun·da·ment
Pronunciation: 'f&n-d&-m&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English foundement, from Anglo-French, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare to found, from fundus
1 : an underlying ground, theory, or principle
2 a : BUTTOCKS b : ANUS
3 : the part of a land surface that has not been altered by human activities
Mark sittng-on-the-fundament Bailey
In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, Isa30:15
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Since the sit-upon is the buttocks and coccyx, i dont see the anus/ foundation connection.
Mark foundered-on-my butt Bailey
Mark foundered-on-my butt Bailey
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The term is also the source of fundamental, adj, and fundamentals, n, and fundamentalist. The latter is concerned with the fundamentals or basics of their discipline. We think of it most in religion, but it's more widespread than that. I read a New Yorker article from a lay psychoanalyst in Freudian inner circles who was entrusted with his papers in London, I think. He found discrepancies in the current Freudian doctrine when he found later papers showing Sigmund had changed his mind on a number of points. The lay psychoanalist was promptly excommunicated. Makes me wonder if some people are comfortable only when locked into unchallenged beliefs, possibly genetic or environmentally so conditioned.
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