Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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koan \KOH-ahn\, noun:
koan \KOH-ahn\, noun:
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A nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
A nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
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So the B.O. recently asked the sixth grade students at the new King Obama Elementary School in Chicago the following koan, "If the government gives you your breakfast and lunch at school, who's your Daddy?"
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Koan is Japanese, ko "public" and -an, "matter for thought." It enters English through Zen Buddhism before achieving a more general sense.
Koan is Japanese, ko "public" and -an, "matter for thought." It enters English through Zen Buddhism before achieving a more general sense.
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