Tohubohu
Noun
Hebrew, unknown origin
A state of chaos; utter confusion.
Example: After the tohubohu of this past week, I need some good music and great wine.
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Word of the Week – January 9, 2021
Prospicience
Noun
Latin, 15th century
The action of looking forward; foresight.
Example: Despite anxiety over this week’s chaos, my prospicience always compels me to be optimistic.
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Word of the Week – December 19, 2020
Blatherskite
Noun
Scottish English, 17th century
Nonsense
A person who is prone to speaking nonsense
Example: I occasionally watch the talking heads on right-wing TV and can only think: what a pathetic blatherskite!
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Word of the Week – December 12, 2020
Absquatulate
Verb
American English, 1830s
To flee. To take off with somebody or something.
Example: As 2020 comes to an end, I only want to absquatulate with my books and writings.
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Word of the Week – December 5, 2020
Emulous
Adjective
Latin, mid-16th century
Seeking to emulate someone or something.
Motivated by a spirit of rivalry.
Example: My rationale is emulous of the great thinkers of the ancient world because I don’t spend much time on social media.
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Word of the Week – November 28, 2020
Prospicience
Noun
Latin, late 15th century
The action of looking forward. Foresight.
Example: With my usual prospicience, I see good things for my writing career in 2021.
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Word of the Week – November 21, 2020
Verisimilitude
Noun
Latin, 16th century
The appearance of truth or resembling reality. Something that only appears to be true.
Example: My tendency towards verisimilitude made me laugh throughout the press conference.
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Word of the Week – November 14, 2020
Sempiternal
Adjective
Latin, 15th century
Eternal and unchanging; everlasting.
Example: Despite this year’s political chaos, I have sempiternal faith in the decency of average citizens.
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Word of the Week – October 17, 2020
Noun
Greek, late 16th century
1. A tool or instrument used to gain knowledge
2. A set of guiding principles for a particular science, philosophy, or discipline
An organon is something (such as a textbook) used to help someone acquire knowledge. The “Organon” is a collection of six books by Greek philosopher Aristotle dealing with logic, all combining to create a definitive lecture still referenced today.
Example: During the Senate confirmation hearings, I kept reaching for my spiritual organon; hoping I could make sense of the relentless balderdash.
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Dictum One
As I gaze at my bibliophilic mass and scour through various references and guides, I’ve come upon a conundrum; a problem that supersedes the complexities of literary and moral universes; a quandary that has amazingly bypassed the slew of great minds that have slaved over hot pens, pencils and keyboards in the centuries before us.
How the hell did the people who composed the very first dictionary know they had it right the first time?!
That’s not a rhetorical question, dear readers! I need an answer! Our verbose lives depend on it!
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