Catching up with Words of the day

Monday, February 19, 2007

turbid \TUR-bid\, adjective:

1. Muddy; thick with or as if with roiled sediment; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.
2. Thick; dense; dark; -- used of clouds, air, fog, smoke, etc.
3. Disturbed; confused; disordered.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

sonorous \suh-NOR-uhs; SAH-nuh-rus\, adjective:

1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; as, the vowels are sonorous.
4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

doyen \DOY-en; DWAH-yan\, noun:

1. The senior member of a body or group.
2. One who is knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor.
3. A woman who is a doyen.

Urban Word of the Day

www.urbandictionary.com

February 19, 2007: Presidential Tint
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Presidential+Tint&defid=2016048

• The darkest [tint] you can have on a car's windows.

Most cars that have it are [ridin dirty]. So if you have it, cops will give you tickets to harass you.
You know I ride with that Presidential Tint... but I [ride clean], busta.

February 18, 2007: Gong Xi Fa Chai
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gong+Xi+Fa+Chai&defid=441970

• Happy New Year (Chinese)

Homey, Gong Xi Fa Chai!

February 17, 2007: remail
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=remail&defid=1187716

• Attempting to follow up on previous email messages which have gone unanswered.

employee: "Jim isn't responding to my email requests to shut down the Hope Creek nuclear power plant before the East shore of New Jersey is a radioactive wasteland."
boss: "Well, remail him. Maybe he's just busy."

www.spanish-word-a-day.com

Word of the day:...........'la mesa' [MEH-sah]
English translation:........ table, desk

In the restaurant:
Una mesa para dos personas.
A table for two.

Daily Trivia:

What color was the White House’s Red Room when Dolley Madison was First Lady?

Yellow. The room, which served as her parlor, was decorated in “sunflower yellow.” Now one of the White House’s four state reception rooms, its walls and furniture are covered in red fabric.

In Steven Spielberg’s 1975 chiller Jaws,what was the name of shark hunter Quint’s boat?

The Orca.

When it comes to figures of speech, what’s a synecdoche?

It’s a metaphor in which part of the whole represents the whole, or the whole represents a part. Examples of the former: using “hands” to refer to a ship’s crew, or “motor” for an automobile. Examples of the latter: using “U.S.” to refer to the U.S. Olympic team, or saying “the White House said” when referring to the President’s spokesperson.