“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~~ Mark Twain
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Word of the Day – Maleficium
- Noun: Maleficium
- Witchcraft; Harmful magic
- Legal definition (civil law): waste, damage, tort
- Synonyms:
- Sorcery
- Witchcraft
- Mischief
- Tort
- Usage:
“Discover whether you are guilty of maleficium and/or would have been accused of practicing witchcraft according to the laws and evidence used during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.”
- Encountered:
While reading 17 Signs That You’d Qualify as a Witch in 1692 at mentalfloss.com
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Vanity Plate for the Day – NYC-GAL
NYC-GAL
This one was on another Audi. I will hazard a guess and say that she is not a native of St. Louis.
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Quote for the Day – Alexandre Dumas
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.”~ Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers
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Word of the Day – Zounds
- Interjection: Zounds
- Used a mild oath
- Synonyms:
- None found
- Usage:
‘”Zounds! I think it does indeed!” cried the Gascon, who reckoned upon this letter for making his way at court. “It contained my fortune!”’
- Encountered:
Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Word of the Day – Portmanteau
- Noun: Portmanteau
- a large suitcase
- a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)
- Synonyms:
- Carryall
- carry-on
- grip
- handbag
- holdall [chiefly British]
- suitcase
- wallet
- Usage:
“This doublet and hose, though new, were creased, like traveling clothes for a long time packed in a portmanteau. “
- Encountered:
Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Vanity Plate for the Day – F14USN
F14USN
This one was on a Mazda RDX. I’m going with retired naval aviator.
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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits
“If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home. ” ~ Tom Waits
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Vanity Plate for the Day – CHICKS
CHICKS
This one was on the back of a Volvo XC 90. Is an apostrophe needed between the K and the S? Or does it have something to do with orientation? Or is the person into fuzzy, yellow avian? A middle age woman was driving it.
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Word of the Day – Hegemony
- Noun: Hegemony
- preponderant influence or authority over others : domination <battled for hegemony in Asia>
- the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
- Synonyms:
- leadership
- dominance
- dominion
- supremacy
- authority
- mastery
- control
- power
- sway
- rule
- sovereignty
- Usage:
- “Yet, in an American context, we face again a hegemony that allows us to narrate a single Jewish memory, i.e., a European one. ”
- Encountered:
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