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Word of the Day – Pasquinade

  • Noun: Pasquinade
    1. a satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered publicly in a public place.
  • Synonyms:
    1. Burlesque
    2. Lampoon
    3. Satire
    4. Farce
    5. Parody
  • Usage:

“Most of those reports were a nightmare—grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue. When Michaelis’s testimony at the inquest brought to light Wilson’s suspicions of his wife I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade — but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn’t say a word.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Quote for the Day – Joseph Heller

“Yossarian knew he was lying, but did not interrupt as Chief White Halfoat went on to claim that he had never heard from his parents again. That didn’t bother him too much, though, for he had only their word for it that they were his parents, and since they had lied to him about so many other things, they could just as well have been lying to him about that too.” ~~ From Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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Word of the Day – Supercilious

  • Adjective: Supercilious
    1. having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of people who think that they are better or more important than other people
  • Synonyms:
    1. Arrogant
    2. Haughty
    3. Conceited
    4. Disdainful
    5. Overbearing
    6. Pompous
    7. Condescending
    8. Superior
    9. Patronizing
    10. Imperious
    11. Proud
    12. Snobbish
    13. Snobby
    14. Smug
    15. Scornful
    16. sneering
  • Usage:

“He had changed since his New Haven years. Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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Vanity Plate of the Day – NAIMAN

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This one was on the back of an Infinity SUV.  I could not see the driver.  I bring this up as I can think of two possible reasons for this plate.  One it could be someone’s name.  Secondly, it could be an Arabic word that is used after someone has a shave, haircut, shower, etc.  From what read it might loosely translate as “all cleaned up, looking good again.”

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Quote for the Day – Mark Twain

Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.” ~~ Mark Twain

 

 

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Quote for the Day – John Steinbeck

AVT_John-Steinbeck_6088“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”  ~~ John Steinbeck

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Word of the Day – Prolix

  •  Adjective: Prolix
    1. unduly prolonged or drawn out :  too long
    2. marked by or using an excess of words
  • Synonyms:
    1. long-winded
    2. verbose
    3. wordy
    4. pleonastic
    5. discursive
    6. rambling
    7. long-drawn-out
    8. overlong
    9. lengthy
    10. protracted
    11. interminable
  • Usage:

“Wintergreen determined the outcome by throwing all communications from General Peckem into the wastebasket. He found them too prolix.”

Encountered:

While reading Catch-22  by Joseph Heller

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Vanity Plate for the Day – QD RX

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This one was on the back of a Honda Accord.  QD is the medical abbreviation for every day.  And of course, RX is the abbreviation for a prescription. It was a young woman driving the vehicle so I am assuming a newly minted pharmacist.

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