Word of the Day – Maleficium

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  • Noun: Maleficium
    1. Witchcraft; Harmful magic
    2. Legal definition (civil law): waste, damage, tort
  • Synonyms:
    1. Sorcery
    2. Witchcraft
    3. Mischief
    4. 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 – CUTY PI

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This was on the back of a white KIA.  I could go with pretty math major, but I’m thinking the compliment from bygone days.  It did make me want to get a look at the driver, but traffic had other thoughts.

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Quote for the Day – Virginia Woolf

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”  ~~ Virginia Woolf

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Vanity Plate for the Day – NYC-GAL

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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

Alexandre_DumasLove is the most selfish of all the passions.”~ Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers

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Word of the Day – Zounds

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  •  Interjection: Zounds
    1. 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

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  • Noun: Portmanteau
  1. a large suitcase
  2. 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:
  1. Carryall
  2. carry-on
  3. grip
  4. handbag
  5. holdall [chiefly British]
  6. suitcase
  7. 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

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This one was on a Mazda RDX.  I’m going with retired naval aviator.

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“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

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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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