Friday, August 07, 2009

Friday, August 7, 2009

insouciant \in-SOO-see-uhnt\, adjective:

  • Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.
Insouciant is from the French, from in-, "not" + souciant, "caring," present participle of soucier, "to trouble," from Latin sollicitare, "to disturb," from sollicitus, "anxious." The noun form is insouciance.
Dohment
  • One of those slap your forehead moments when you realise that you've just done something incredibly stupid.The moment when something "dawns on you" and "the penny drops.
A dohment is when you realise that you've put the baby outside and tucked the cat up in the cot for the night.
or
A dohment is when you wonder why the lawn isn't looking any better then notice that you haven't engaged the lawnmower blade.
Trivia
What popular garden flower is named after a hat?
  • The tulip. Its name is a corruption of tülbend, the Ottoman Turkish word for “turban.” The Turks who named it thought the opened flower resembled a turban.
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