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."

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."

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.)

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.

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."

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.

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."

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."

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.)

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.

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."

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).

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."

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."

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."