Bre'Cheye
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ussta zhennu ventash'ma zhah ussta zhennu abbil... My Great Leader is my Great Friend!
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Post by Bre'Cheye on Sept 16, 2011 6:27:21 GMT -5
www.wordsmith.org/awad/I'm always trying to think of new words so I found this site this morning & thought I'd post (or anyone else could) the word of the day each day... to... broaden our knowledge? It also has a thought for the day as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ necropolis PRONUNCIATION: (ne-KROP-uh-lis) MEANING: noun: A burial place, especially a large and elaborate cemetery belonging to an ancient city. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek necro- (dead) + -polis (city). Earliest documented use: 1819. USAGE: "This merchant lived a long life in Egypt and was buried in the Saqqara necropolis." Nevine El-Aref; Ancient Egyptians in Arabia; Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo, Egypt); Nov 11, 2010. Explore "necropolis" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: A writer -- and, I believe, generally all persons -- must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. -Jorge Luis Borges, writer (1899-1986)
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Bre'Cheye
Honored Warrior
HW5
ussta zhennu ventash'ma zhah ussta zhennu abbil... My Great Leader is my Great Friend!
Posts: 8,369
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Post by Bre'Cheye on Oct 21, 2011 9:06:22 GMT -5
QUISLE
PRONUNCIATION: (KWIZ-uhl)
MEANING: verb intr.: To betray, especially by collaborating with an enemy.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from quisling (traitor), after Norwegian army officer Vidkun Quisling, who collaborated with the German occupying forces during World War II. Earliest documented use: 1940.
USAGE: "The AK and subordinate units made ... 5700 attempts on officers of different police formations, soldiers, and volksdeutschs (Polish citizens of German origin that volunteered to quisle with Germans)." Polish Contribution to the Allied Victory in Second World War; Business Recorder (Karachi, Pakistan); Jun 11, 2005.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. -Jane Austen, novelist (1775-1817)
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