dictionary.com word of the day

[VangelicSurgeon]

Word of the Day for Sunday October 6, 2002:

chthonic (THONE-ik), adjective:
dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the
underworld

 

[deadair]

post the sentace

 

[avi]

"Two great and contrasted forms of ritual: the Olympian and the Chthonic, the one a ritual of cheerful character, the other a ritual of gloom, and fostering superstition."

 

[VangelicSurgeon]

 

[goatschool]

Originally posted by deadair
post the sentace

this post made my day.

i'm hoping to not sound too BCO-ironic or smarmy by saying that...

 

[deadair]

no... not at all...


(i'm good for MANY MANY laughs)

 

[xfer]

Exactly how many people here are on the dictionary.com WOTD list? It seems like I use a fancy new word and everybody is like DOOD THAT WAS THURSDAY'S!

 

[VangelicSurgeon]

nick I crafted that photo with bryce, photoshop, and THIS PICTURE

and a pic of some kind of demon thingy

 

[FalseTodd]

That's hilarious - Tara seriously looked up that word like 3 days ago.

 

[Baliset]

Originally posted by xfer
Exactly how many people here are on the dictionary.com WOTD list? It seems like I use a fancy new word and everybody is like DOOD THAT WAS THURSDAY'S!

you got me hooked on it back in may.

 

[Baliset]

actually it was back in february now that i look at the dictionary folder on my e-mail

 

[FuSoYa]

chthonic (THONE-ik), adjective:
dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the
underworld

You guys:

"Gods, caress me with thy chthonic hands
Steep my mind with the beauty of a vision-world
And bury me in temples where my soul
Can e'er explore these realms of madness submerged."


We are like, all on top of our shit.

 

[Stultus]

Webster.com:
The Word of the Day for October 7 is:

homily • \HAH-muh-lee\ • (noun)
1 : a usually short sermon
*2 : a lecture or discourse on a moral theme
3 : an inspirational catchphrase; also : platitude

Example sentence:
"I don't mind eating tofu burgers," said Cassie, "as long as I don't have to hear a homily on the virtues of vegetarianism."

Did you know?
Gather around for the history of "homily." The story starts with ancient Greek "homilos," meaning "crowd, assembly." Greeks used "homilos" to create the verb "homilein" ("to talk with" or "to make a speech"), as well as the noun "homilia" ("conversation"). Latin speakers borrowed "homilia," then passed it on to Middle French. By the time it crossed into Middle English, the spelling had shifted to "omelie," but by the 14th century the term had regained its "h" and added the "y" of the modern spelling.

Bah, that's a word in common usage.

 

[xfer]

Yeah, the Webster.com words-of-the-day tend to really suck. Dictionary.com doesn't insult my intelligence more than once every ten days on the outside.

 

[Stultus]

I am insulted by it's (dictionary.com's) site-design though.