Thursday, December 30, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, December 30, 2010
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dithyrambic \dith-uh-RAM-bik\, adjective:
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1. Wildly enthusiastic.
2. Wildly irregular in form.
3. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dithyramb.
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The dithyrambic hordes that voted the B.O. into office have been greatly diminished since they have seen the actual "change" that they voted for!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Dithyrambic is ultimately from dithyrambos, a word of unknown origin but associated with Greek, meaning "a wild choric hymn, originally in honor of Dionysus."

Wednesday, December 29, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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engram \EN-gram\, noun:
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1. The supposed physical basis of an individual memory in the brain.
2. A presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
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Try as he might, the B.O. will never be able to change his socialist-Marxist engram!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Engram derives from the Greek roots en, "within," and gram, "something written."

Tuesday, December 28, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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gambrinus \gam-BRAHY-nuhs\, noun:
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A mythical Flemish king, the reputed inventor of beer.
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The B.O. sees himself as a modern day, real life, Gambrinus, a sort of self-imposed apotheosis of himself!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog

Gambrinus is a folkoric name that has uncertain grounding in history.

Monday, December 27, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, December 27, 2010
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eschatological \es-kuh-tl-OJ-i-kuhl\, adjective:
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1. Regarding last, or final, matters, often of a theological nature.
2. Regarding any system of doctrines concerning theological endings, such as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc.
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The future eschatological post mortem of the B.O.'s presidency will reveal that he was an utter failure as a president and failed in his long term goal of turning the United States into a suburb of Kenya!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Eschatological is built from the Greek roots eschatos, "last, furthest, remote," and logia, "a speaking" (in a certain manner). In theology, the study of the four last things: death, judgment, heaven, hell.

Thursday, December 23, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, December 23, 2010
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zenith \ZEE-nith\, noun:
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1. A highest point or state; culmination.
2. The point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. Opposite of nadir.
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The zenith of the B.O.'s presidency has come and gone, and it's all down hill from here!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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The source of zenith is an error in transcription by ancient scribes. The M in the Arabic samt, "road," was mistaken for an N, resulting in a Middle Latin senit.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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lagniappe \LAN-yap\, noun:
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1. A small gift given with a purchase to a customer, for good measure.
2. A gratuity or tip.
3. An unexpected or indirect benefit.
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I wonder what lagniappe the B.O. gave to the Republicans that have committed to vote for the START treaty!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Lagniappe originates chiefly in Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas and ultimately comes from a variant of the Quechua yapa, "that which is added."

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Patriot Games

My frustration is the massive apathy that has so clearly taken over in our country. It's very disappointing. This is not the way that my father or grandfather talked about things and how they ought to be. But, if enough people are lulled by excessive comforts, then we can be sold a bill of goods ($13T in debt) while sitting in comfy cubicles, driving over-priced cars (ya, I've been guilty of that one too), living in nice houses, etc. etc.

To the issue of how good we have it here - globally speaking, if you make more than $34K/year, then you are in the top 4% globally. Doesn't mean things aren't tight, but most of us live with a lot of excesses we don't really actually need. We want them. We're willing to go into debt to get them...then we complain we don't have enough money.

In that whole process, we've been lulled into a false sense of stability in our country. There are people who are taking advantage of our debt - and more that that are taking advantage of kicking the U.S. while we're down which should anger us at the national level...but apathy and lethargy have taken hold. There are elected officials (many of whom have been elected with questionable election results) who are pushing more debt on the American people, liberal agendas that make the removal of Constitutional rights legal and a general reliance on government for way too much that small business can easily provide...and for a lot less.

We have it really good here. I love the country we live in. I'm sure a lot of people felt the same way in the 1700's. "Why rock the boat? Is it really that bad here?" Of course, things could be worse. I would have to say that I would agree with our Founders that life could also be better.

Taxation in our country is really more about control and greed and is sadly sugar-coated with this false idea that the bills passed are somehow good for us because Big Brother knows what's best for us and that we can't make our own intelligent decisions. John Kerry's arrogance was proof positive of this notion when he proposed that he could better provide solutions on increasing a small businesses opportunity to hire more staff. Silly me that I would think that the more money I had (thanks to lower taxes), that it would allow me to hire an assistant - thus freeing me up to pursue more business. Nope. According to people like John Kerry and Joe Biden, paying more in taxes is supposed to be patriotic and further enable me to hire people. Wrong. Dead, flat wrong. There's not an economist that would agree with that. There's not an argument anyone can present that can make that argument stand.

We The People have been pushed into a critical point. The idea of the Tea Party movement is great. But honestly, I don't believe it's enough, not by a long shot. We have made some great strides getting some better (out-of-the-Beltway) people elected. But this is an on-going, far from over battle.

Growing up, I would have thought that people would have a better idea of seeing the line that must get crossed before the People stand up and say "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Pushing 40, I feel like things have changed in our country and people can't see the line because it's been distorted by special interest groups and media and there's not a true moral compass that governs the majority of our republic.

Issues are right and wrong, black and white. The gray area is where people with an agenda try to put things and use phrases like "it's all relative" to manipulate the issue. There have to be people that are willing to stand up against legislated tyranny and call it out for what it is. It's an uncomfortable place to be because it puts you in the position of being the whistle-blower or the person that gets branded a radical for making right-wing extremist statements..or...in today's media terminology, a low-level terroristic threat.

So many Americans have truly forgotten (or never learned) that it was a bunch of "low-level terrorists" that helped us found this country. They stood up against excessive taxation. They stood up against a power-wielding king that told them how to run industry (EPA, FCC, etc.) and would not allow religious freedom.

We call them patriots today. Back in England, they were branded as traitors by the king.

Civil disobedience was in order. It provided great results for our country. It also took people that were willing to put their selfish interests aside for what would be in the best long-term interests of our nation.

To quote Thomas Jefferson...

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.

And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two?

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."
-Thomas Jefferson

It would be a further exercise in flapping my gums to respond to each of Jefferson's paragraphs above. He said it best, so I'm going to leave it to his wisdom.

I never thought that I might live in a time where this could be the case in the U.S. To his own words, "let them take arms." He saw it coming a long time ago. Surely he didn't think it would take 200+ years to get to this point, but he did see it would arrive again.

How do we respond? To his words, we take up arms...whatever arms are left that the rulers are trying to outlaw. They know they are pushing the American public to a point of needing to refresh the tree of liberty and they are working diligently day and night to remove our ability to do so. So diligently that Harry Reid even said he'd keep everyone in session through Jan. 4 if need be to push their agenda. The idea there that he'd keep everyone away from their homes and families during Christmas, etc.

The Founding Fathers stood up against what was wrong. They risked professional relationships and reputations. They risked family and friendships to stand up against it. They knew it was the right thing to do. Some died for that belief in what was right. It was likely a pretty tough pill for them to swallow that it fell to their generation to do such a thing.

It is my opinion that we are facing a similar, if not greater, level of tyranny from our elected officials than what faced our Founding Fathers.

How do we respond?

When do we respond?

The more disturbing question...

Do we even bother?

Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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caliginous \kuh-LIJ-uh-nuhs\, adjective:
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Misty; dim; dark.
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As long as the B.O. and his liberal toadies are in charge, our country's future grows more caliginous on a daily basis!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Caliginous has its source in the Latin caligo, "mist."

Monday, December 20, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, December 20, 2010
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ferret \FER-it\, verb:
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1. To search out, discover, or bring to light.
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noun:
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1. Domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat.
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verb:
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1. To drive out by using or as if using a ferret.
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noun:
1. A narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
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verb:
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1. To harry, worry, or torment.
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It is going to be difficult to replevy all of our civil liberties that the B.O. and his fellow ferrets have spirited away!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Ferret originates in the Latin furonem, both "cat" and "robber." The verb form of ferret relates to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows.

Thursday, December 16, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, December 16, 2010
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liminal \LIM-uh-nl\, adjective:
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Relating to the point beyond which a sensation becomes too faint to be experienced.
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The B.O. and his fellow socialists have displayed a liminal attitude toward what the vast majority of the American public wants from their government!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Liminal derives from the Latin limen, "threshold."

Wednesday, December 15, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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boondocks \BOON-doks\, noun:
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1. A remote rural area (usually preceded by "the.")
2. An uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, as a backwoods or marsh.
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The B.O. needs to take a two year walkabout in the boondocks!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Boondocks finds its way into English from the Tagalog word bundok, "mountain." Adopted by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines to designate a "remote and wild place."

Tuesday, December 14, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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brazen \BREY-zuhn\, adjective:
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1. Shameless or impudent.
2. Made of brass.
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The B.O. and his fellow Dems have been profoundly brazen in their muscling through their unwanted legislation!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Brazen has its source in an Old English form of the same word, meaning "of brass." When the Z was introduced to the English alphabet, meaning and spelling seemed to have shifted.

Thursday, December 9, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, December 9, 2010
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farouche \fa-ROOSH\, adjective:
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1. Sullenly unsociable or shy.
2. Fierce.
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It's interesting that the farouche and distant Barry Soetero could morph into the present day B.O.!
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Farouche derives from the Late Latin foasticus, "without, out of doors."

Tuesday, December 7, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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estivate \ES-tuh-veyt\, verb:
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1. To spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
2. In zoology, to spend a hot, dry season in an inactive, dormant state, as certain reptiles, snails, insects, and small mammals.
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If we can just get the B.O. to estivate for the next couple of years before he gets thrown out of office, the country will be far better off!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Estivate derives from the Latin aestivare, with aestivus meaning "relating to the summer."

Thursday, December 2, 2010



Word of the Day for Friday, December 3, 2010
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divagate \DAHY-vuh-geyt\, verb:
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1. To wander; stray.
2. To digress in speech.
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When questioned about the unemployment figures, the B.O. invariably divagates to some other less touchy subject!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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The Latin roots of divagate are di-, "two," and vagare, "to wander."

Wednesday, December 1, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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palingenesis \pal-in-JEN-uh-sis\, noun:
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1. Rebirth; regeneration.
2. In biology, embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.
3. Baptism in the Christian faith.
4. The doctrine of transmigration of souls.
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The B.O. is clearly not happy with the palingenesis of the Republican Party; that must be why he is ignoring the mandate from the American public and pretend that the election never happened!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Palingenesis is the combination of two Greek roots: palin, "again," and genesis, "source."

Tuesday, November 30, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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lilliputian \lil-i-PYOO-shuhn\, adjective:
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1. Extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
2. Trivial.
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The B.O. is but a Lilliputian president compared to President Ronald Reagan!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Lilliputian pertaining to Lilliput, the fabulous island whose inhabitants were six inches high, coined by Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" (1726).

Monday, November 29, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, November 29, 2010
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impetrate \IM-pi-treyt\, verb:
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To entreat; ask for.
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It just keeps getting worser and worser for the B.O. as he was unable to impetrate WikiLeaks to back off from their publishing the stolen documents; now he is having to do some major diplomatic damage repair; poor B.O. - sucks to be you!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Impetrate ultimately relates to the Latin petrare, possibly linked to pater, Latin for "father."

Wednesday, November 24, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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heuristic \hyoo-RIS-tik\, adjective:
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1. Serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
2. Encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error.
3. Of, pertaining to, or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods.
4. Denoting a rule of thumb for solving a problem without the exhaustive application of an algorithm
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The B.O.'s heuristic style of his presidency continues to drag down the U.S. economy as well as the honor and prestige of the United States in the eyes of the rest of the world; we are now the laughing stock amongst most all of the major and minor countries in the world; and now China and Russia are dumping the once great U.S. dollar in favor of their own currencies for their bilateral trade!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Heuristic stems from the Greek heur-, "to discover."

Tuesday, November 23, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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mithridate \MITH-ri-deyt\, noun:
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A confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
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I wonder if the B.O. took a spoon full of mithridate before he left on his lavish Asian tour; after all, a reviled political hack can't be too careful!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Mithridate originates from the name of Mithridates VI, a legendary king who had an immunity to poisons.

Monday, November 22, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, November 22, 2010
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enspirit \en-SPIR-it\, verb:
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To infuse life into; enliven.
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The B.O. is looking for ways to enspirit his socialist-Marxist agenda, like, um, taking over the world!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Enspirit and its sibling, inspirit, are simple English combinations that originate in the 1600s.

Thursday, November 18, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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idioglossia \id-ee-uh-GLOS-ee-uh\, noun:
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1. A private form of speech invented by one child or by children who are in close contact, as twins.
2. A pathological condition in which a person's speech is so severely distorted that it is unintelligible.
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It would seem that the B.O. and his ultra-left cronies are trying to speak to the American public using some sort of idioglossia; that must be why no one can understand what is in all those monster bills they passed!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Idioglossia combines the Greek roots idio-, "particular to one," and gloss-, "tongue."

Tuesday, November 16, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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gest \JEST\, noun:
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1. A notable deed or exploit.
2. Archaic: A metrical romance or history.
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While the B.O. would have us believe that his gests are of a noble nature, the reality is that they are all about power and control!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Gest shares the same roots as jest, "to joke," from the Latin gerrere, "to carry on."

Thursday, November 11, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, November 11, 2010
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whilom \HWAHY-luhm\, adjective:
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1. Former; erstwhile.
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adverb:
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1. At one time.
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The B.O.'s whilom popularity is the stuff of legends, kind of like the Legend of Count Dracula!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Whilom was a conjugation of while in Old English (the dative case.)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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ullage \UHL-ij\, noun:
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1. The amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
2. The quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use.
3. In rocketry, the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it.
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The excess amount of ullage in the B.O.'s head is apparently a result of his uncontrolled hot air leaking into his now plentiful brain cavity!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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The ultimate source of ullage is the French ouil, "eye or hole," which comes from combination of the Latin oculus, "eye" and the suffix -age, designating an abstract condition.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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moue \MOO\, noun:
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A pouting grimace.
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Oh, poor B.O., he has a moue since he's found out people don't really, really like him!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Moue is a loan word from the French for "mouth and lips."

Monday, November 8, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, November 8, 2010
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demotic \dih-MOT-ik\, adjective:
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1. Of or pertaining to the common people; popular.
2. Of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular.
3. Of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.
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The B.O. may think that he is a demotic sort of person, but his flying circus to India indicates otherwise!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Demotic stems from the same Greek root as democracy, demotikos, "of or for the common people." Originally, the term described the simpler of two forms of ancient Egyptian writing.

Friday, November 5, 2010


Word of the Day for Friday, November 5, 2010
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saccade \sa-KAHD\, noun:
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1. The movement of the eye when it makes a sudden change, as in reading.
2. The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
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Now, B.O., look into my eyes, you are feeling very sleepy, let them close slowly, feel the hypnotic saccade of your eyes as they move back and forth; you are now in a deep sleep; now when you wake up you will act like a big green frog, hopping about and croaking, you will do this until they take you away; you will then resign from office as per the 25th Amendment since it will be readily and discernibly obvious that you are certifiably crazy; then Biden will take over, but since he is already certifiably crazy, the new Speaker of the House will now be President; you will do this for the good of the United States of America and for the entire rest of the world!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Saccade originally refers to horsemanship and begins as the Middle French saquer, "to pull violently."

Thursday, November 4, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, November 4, 2010
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brumal \BROO-muhl\, adjective:
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Of winter.
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"This will be the brumal discontent of the B.O." doesn't sound as poetic as "This will be the winter of the B.O.'s discontent", but hey, I'm just happy that he's in the middle of a pile of muck that he created!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Brumal originates as the Latin brumalis, "pertaining to winter." When the French Republic renamed the months of the year, the second month was called Brumaire, "the foggy month."

Wednesday, November 3, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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hyperbolic \hahy-per-BOL-ik\, adjective:
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1. Using hyperbole; exaggerating.
2. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
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It turns out that the pre-election statements by the Conservatives regarding their chances of winning the control of the House of Representatives were not hyperbolic hooey after all, and the B.O. is not a happy camper today because of it, except, of course, for the TWO BILLION DOLLAR trip that he is soon going to take, so maybe that will help assuage his bruised ego!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Hyperbolic is an alteration of the Greek hyperbole, hyper- meaning "beyond" and -bole "a throwing" (related to -bolt.)

Tuesday, November 2, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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thwart \THWAWRT\, verb:
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1. To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
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adjective:
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1. Passing or lying crosswise or across; transverse.
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It appears that the B.O. will be unable to thwart the Republican surge in Congress; and he said that the surge wouldn't work!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Thwart relates to the Old English theorgh, "cross," though the verb form didn't come into usage until the 1500s.

Monday, November 1, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, November 1, 2010
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enceinte \en-SEYNT\, adjective:
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1. Pregnant; with child
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noun:
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1. A wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
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Many moons have passed since that day in the small Kenyan village that the enceinte mother of the soon to be B.O. peacefully passed her time, waiting for the Anointed One to arrive, listening to the far off caterwauling of monkeys, an occasional roar of the lion or grunt of the pig, all the while plotting and scheming her chicanery on just how she was going to convince the doctors in Hawaii that the B.O. was, in fact, born on American soil!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Enceinte derives from the Latin cingere, "to belt, gird, or surround."

Friday, October 29, 2010


Word of the Day for Friday, October 29, 2010
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trepidation \trep-uh-DAY-shuhn\, noun:
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1. [Archaic] An involuntary trembling; quaking; quivering.
2. A state of dread or alarm; nervous agitation; apprehension; fright.
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For the B.O. and his cronies, the time leading up to Tuesday's election is filling them with great trepidation; but for the Conservatives it is a time of hope; we shall overcome; no more being told to sit at the back of the bus for us!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Trepidation is from Latin trepidatio, from the past participle of trepidare, "to hurry with alarm, to tremble," from trepidus, "agitated, restless, disturbed." It is related to intrepid, "bold" (from in-, "not" + trepidus).

Thursday, October 28, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, October 28, 2010
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kvetch \KVECH\, adjective:
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1. To complain habitually.
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noun:
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1. A complaint.
2. A habitual complainer.
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For the last two years, the B.O. has done nothing but kvetch about Bush; time to man up and move on, B.O., and start actually leading the country; oops, I'm sorry, you don't have any experience actually leading anything!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Kvetch comes from Yiddish kvetshn, "to squeeze, to complain," from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, "to squeeze."

Wednesday, October 27, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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inchoate \in-KOH-it\, adjective:
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1. In an initial or early stage; just begun.
2. Imperfectly formed or formulated.
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The B.O. and the Dems want us all to believe that their work is an inchoate project, that they simply need more time to convince the American public that their socialist-Marxist agenda is something that every American really deep down wants, because we are all just too stupid to really grasp what important work they are doing on our behalf!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Inchoate comes from the past participle of Latin inchoare, alteration of incohare, "to begin."

Tuesday, October 26, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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eke \EEK\, transitive verb:
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1. To gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty -- used with 'out'.
2. To increase or make last by being economical -- used with 'out'.
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Well, if the B.O.'s juju does work and enough conservative voters stay home, perhaps the Dems will still be able to eke out a victory and maintain their control over every aspect of our lives!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Eke is from Old English ecan, "to increase."

Monday, October 25, 2010



Word of the Day for Monday, October 25, 2010
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juju \JOO-joo\, noun;
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1. An object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
2. The power associated with a juju.
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The B.O. and his fellow Dems are hoping for some juju to help them next week!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Origin: Juju is of West African origin, akin to Hausa djudju, fetish, evil spirit

Friday, October 22, 2010


Word of the Day for Friday, October 22, 2010
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crepuscular \kri-PUS-kyuh-lur\, adjective:
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1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; dim.
2. (Zoology) Appearing or active at twilight.
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The crepuscular political gloom surrounding the B.O. has forced many of his Congressional toadies to distance themselves from him during this election cycle!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Crepuscular comes from Latin crepusculum, twilight, from creper, dark, obscure; ultimately of Sabine origin.

Thursday, October 21, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, October 21, 2010
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coruscate \KOR-uh-skayt\, intransitive verb:
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1. To give off or reflect bright beams or flashes of light; to sparkle.
2. To exhibit brilliant, sparkling technique or style.
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So the B.O.'s coruscating speeches have finally worn thin on the vast majority of the electorate, and now we are left with having to clean up his mess left behind, which is the equivalent of a political Hurricane Katrina!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Coruscate comes from Latin coruscatus, past participle of coruscare, "to move quickly, to tremble, to flutter, to twinkle or flash." The noun form is coruscation. Also from coruscare is the adjective coruscant, "glittering in flashes; flashing."

Tuesday, October 19, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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viand \VAHY-uhnd\, noun:
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An article of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
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If the B.O. has his way, he will mete out everything from health care to our daily viand!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Viand ultimately stems from the Latin vivenda, "things to be lived on," related to the Latin verb "to live."

Friday, October 15, 2010


Word of the Day for Friday, October 15, 2010
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smithereens \smith-uh-REENZ\, noun:
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Small pieces; bits.
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The B.O. is crushing the U.S. Constitution into smithereens, and then reshaping it to fit his socialist-Marxist agenda!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Smithereens is an alteration of the Irish smidirin, "fragment."

Thursday, October 14, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, October 14, 2010
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hopscotch \HOP-skoch\, verb:
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1. To journey quickly and directly from one usually far place to another.
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noun:
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1. A children's game in which a player tosses or kicks an object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the ground.
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verb:
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1. To move or pass through something, as a geographical area or a field of endeavor, making many brief stops.
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Hopscotch, hobnob and apologize - that's the B.O.'s M.O.!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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The scotch in hopscotch is an alteration of scratch, from the lines scored in the dirt to make the squares for the game.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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apocopate \uh-POK-uh-peyt\, verb:
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To omit the final sound or sounds of (a word.)
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The B.O. recently commented on a question from Fox News; he was asked if he felt the United States was a good or bad influence in the world; his apocopated response was "The United States is goo!"
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Apocopate stems from the Greek apokope, "to cut off."

Tuesday, October 12, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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retrograde \RE-truh-greyd\, adjective:
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1. Having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
2. Inverse or reversed, as order.3. Exhibiting degeneration or deterioration.
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The B.O.'s idiotic socialist-Marxist policies will be in full retrograde mode once the bums are thrown out of office!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Retrograde derives from the Latin retrogradus, "going back."

Word of the Day for Monday, October 11, 2010
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nepenthe \ni-PEN-thee\, noun:
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1. A drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
2. Anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, esp. of sorrow or trouble.
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With the upcoming avalanche of newly elected Republicans coming into Congress, the B.O. is on the lookout for a palatable and powerful nepenthe!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Nepenthe is comprised of the Greek roots ne-, "not," and penthos, "grief."

Thursday, October 7, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, October 7, 2010
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mana \MAH-nuh\, noun:
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1. A generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
2. An ancient kingdom in Iran, in Kurdistan.
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The B.O. believes that his mana is derived from his throwing his body over his father's grave!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Mana is adopted into English from a Maori word meaning "power, authority, supernatural power."

Wednesday, October 6, 2010


Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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acta \AK-tuh\, noun:
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Official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
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Dateline, July 4, 2176: On this, the 400th birthday of the United States of America, a review of the acta from the early 21st century shows that then President Barack Hussein Obama, also known as the B.O., was proclaimed to be the worst President ever up through his short one-term presidency; happily, he has held that dubious distinction since those dark days of this still glorious nation!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Acta relates to the Latin agere, "to do." Act and many other English words share this source.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010


Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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teem \TEEM\, verb:
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1. To abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile.
2. To empty or pour out; discharge.
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The B.O.'s staff teems with socialists, Marxists, and self-professed communists!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Teem springs from the Old English teman, "to produce, give birth."

Monday, October 4, 2010


Word of the Day for Monday, October 4, 2010
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nympholepsy \NIM-fuh-lep-see\, noun:
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1. A frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.
2. An ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
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As the mid-term election draws near, the B.O. and his politburo are being drawn into a state of nympholepsy knowing that their stranglehold on the American public is inexorably being lost!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Nympholepsy stems from the Greek nympholeptos, "caught by nymphs."

Friday, October 1, 2010


Word of the Day for Friday, October 1, 2010
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satori \suh-TOHR-ee\, noun:
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In Zen Buddhism, the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment.
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The antithesis, polar opposite, antonym of satori is the B.O.!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Satori is a term from Zen Buddhism that derives from the Japanese word meaning "to awaken."

Thursday, September 30, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, September 30, 2010
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lucifugous \loo-see-FOO-guhs\, adjective:
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Avoiding light.
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The B.O.'s Congressional Democrat minions are set to sneak out of town tonight like nothing more than the money grabbing lucifugous vampires that they are!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Lucifugous combines two Latin roots, luci-, "light," and fugere, "to flee."