Word of the Day – Cupidity

Cupidity

  • Noun: Cupidity
    1. inordinate desire for wealth : avarice, greed
    2. strong desire : lust
  • Synonyms:
    1. Greed
    2. Avarice
    3. Covetousness
    4. Rapacity
    5. Materialism
    6. Mammonism
    7. Money-grubbing
  • Usage:

“Nevertheless, knowing the weakness of her husband, and more particularly his cupidity, she did not despair of bringing him round to her purpose.”

  • Encountered:

Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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Vanity Plate for the Day –RUN DVA

RUN DVArun dva

This one was on a Honda Pilot…How big a diva can you be if you are driving a Honda Pilot?

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Quote for the Day – Neil Gaiman

neilgaiman“I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.” ~~ Neil Gaiman

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Quote for the Day – Bob Marley

Bob Marley“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?” ~~ Bob Marley

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Vanity Plate for the Day – ZOU-MOM

ZOU-MOMZOU-MOM

This was on a Chevy.  I have two theories on this one.  First, it could be short for Mizzou Mom, which I think most likely. Secondly, it could be that ZOO-MOM was taken and they opted for this.

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Word of the Day – Loquacious

  •  Noun:  LoquaciousGarrulous
    1. full of excessive talk :  wordy
    2. :  given to fluent or excessive talk
  • Synonyms:
    1. Talkative
    2. Voluble
    3. Chatty
    4. Communicative
    5. Garrulous
  • Usage:

“Mr. Munck is a husky, loquacious man who lives about an hour south of Copenhagen.”

  • Encountered:

 While reading a New York Times editorial: Denmark’s Drug-Free Pigs

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Word of the Day – Mazophilia

breasts

  • Noun: Mazophilia
    1. A paraphilia, not formally recognised in the DSM-IV, in which sexuoeroticism hinges on the female partner’s/partners’ breasts to the virtual exclusion of other physical features.
  •  Synonyms:
    1. none found
  • Usage:

“Breast fetishism is clinically known as “mazophilia.” It falls under the DSM category of partialism, meaning an exclusive focus on one part of the body. Dr. Anil Aggrawal refers to breast partialists as those with, “an exclusive or almost exclusive reliance on breasts as a stimulus for sexual arousal.” There are a number of categories breast partialists can fall into. A simple Google search demonstrates just how wide the community spans. ”

  • Encountered:

Article on AlterNet.org : Adult Breast Feeding, Anyone? Inside the World of Breast Fetishism (Article no longer there)

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Vanity Plate for the Day – ITALYN

ITALYNITALYN

This was on a VW wagon of some sort.  I believe this is the proper Okie spelling of Italian.

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Quote for the Day – Bernie Sanders

BernieSanders“If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, then don’t go to war.” ~~ Bernie Sanders

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Vanity Plate for the Day – THE IOU

THE IOUTHEIOU

This one was on an older Subaru Legacy with many conservative bumper stickers.  Perhaps they won the car in a poker game?  Or perhaps it refers to the note on the car although it looked old enough to be paid for.  At 70 mph on the Interstate I could not ask them.

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