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Word of the Day – Paradigm

  • Noun:  Paradigm
    1. a typical example or pattern of something; a model.
    2. a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles.
  •  Synonyms:
    1. model
    2. pattern
    3. example
    4. exemplar
    5. template
    6. standard
    7. prototype
    8. archetype
  • Usage:
    1. Ayn Rand’s paradigm, Objectivism, is  every man for themselves.
  • Encountered:
    1. Overused in business and educational circles

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Word of the Day –Laconic

  • Adjective:
    1. using or involving the use of a minimum of word
    2. concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
  • Adverb
    1. laconically
  •  Synonyms:
    1. terse
    2. concise
    3. pithy
    4. succinct
  • Usage:
    1. ‘”My lord, what are your orders in case you are killed?” “To do like me,” replied Wellington. To Clinton he said laconically, “To hold this spot to the last man.”.’
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables

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Word for the Day — Lassitude

  • Noun:
    1. a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
    2. a condition of listlessness
  • Synonyms:
    1. burnout
    2. collapse
    3. exhaustion,
    4. frazzle
    5. prostration
    6. tiredness
    7. weariness
  • Usage:
    1. “He had returned to prison, this time for having done right; he had quaffed fresh bitterness; disgust and lassitude were overpowering him; even the memory of the Bishop probably suffered a temporary eclipse, though sure to reappear later on luminous and triumphant.”
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables

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Quote for the Day – Neil Gaiman

neilgaiman“When things get really bad I go to the writing place.””  ~~ Neil Gaiman

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Vanity Plate of the Day – BGENUF

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This one was on a Mini Cooper being driven by a grandmotherly type.  It looked plenty big enough for her.

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Word of the Day – Intransigence

  •  Adjective:  Intransigence
    1.  Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.
  • Synonyms:
    1. stubbornness
    2. inflexibility
    3. obstinacy
    4. mulishness
    5. pigheadedness
    6. rigidity
  • Usage:

“Not only does their moral system not allow compromise, but extreme conservatives believe that if this intransigence leads to a non-functioning  government, so much the better, since that would prove the government doesn’t work.” ~~  from the book referenced below

  • Encountered:

While reading The Little Blue Book by George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling

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Quote for the Day – Vernon Howard

Vernon Howard“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”  ~~ Vernon Howard

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Vanity Plate for the Day – BLK BMW 3

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This one was on a black BMW SUV of all things.  Again if that is the best you can come up with why pay the extra fee for customized tags??

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Word of the Day – Revenant

  •  Noun:  Revenant
    1. a person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead.
  • Synonyms:
    1. Apparition
    2. Specter
    3. Phantasm
    4. Spook
    5. Shade
    6. Wraith
  • Usage:

“Under the head of demons are classified only such spirits as are believed to enter into relations with the human race; the term therefore includes (I) human souls regarded as genii or familiars, (2) such as receive a cult (for which see Ancestor Worship), and (3) ghosts or other malevolent revenants; excluded are souls conceived as inhabiting another world.

  • Encountered:

The new Leonardo DiCaprio film titled, The Revenant

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Quote for the Day – Albert Camus

Albert Camus“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ~~ Albert Camus

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