Lustration:
from the Latin lustratio, meaning "purification by sacrifice"
Lustration is the removal of public officials and judges who are associated with a tainted political regime. It has been used as a tool of transitional justice in newly independent and postconflict countries.
My son gave me a book of (very) short stories by Nabokov for my birthday, and in the first tale, “The Wood-Sprite,” I came across a wonderful word that was new to me: tintinnabulation, meaning a ringing or tinkling sound.
It rather delighted me, so I thought I’d share it with you.
My word of the day is pluvial.
Pluvial like in 'Carnian pluvial episode'.
/ˈpluːvɪəl/
Geology
adjective: pluvial – relating to or characterized by rainfall.
noun: pluvial; plural noun: pluvials – a period marked by increased rainfall.
The food. It is also known as warek-warek. A Filipino dish consisting of various pork head parts, red onions, siling labuyo (chili pepper cultivar), ginger, black peppercorns, calamansi juice, and bay leaves.
P.S.
Sorry, I have no idea which diacritical marks to put in each variation. I'm from the generation wherein the use of diacritical marks were dropped. ^_~
If you want an eerie and portentous story to get yourself in the mood for the Halloween season, listen to Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) read his short story "Click Clack the Rattle Bag" at the New York Public Library: https://youtu.be/imLja6Emezo#wordOfTheDay
It's a Poison Ivy week, #comics fans! This is issue 2 of the Knight Terrors tie in (everybody in the Batverse is having a bad time...) and the brilliant Jessica Fong's cover this month is so unsettling that I've actually CW'ed it, bc it even triggers MY trypophobia. Pick up your copy from your local comics shop this week.
busybodies about the fediverse who stick their nose into other people's business, tell people who they shouldn't talk to and what phrases, terminology are unacceptable.
notorious for refusing to let bygones be bygones and dredge up irrelevancies from years ago.
Morning world. Early spring holiday today in England. It’s also the start of a new month. To celebrate, I’m going to start a new thing called Word Of The Day.
Spandrel
Question: would you prefer to look up the definition yourself, or should I include it with the word?
noun
phi·lol·o·gy fə-ˈlä-lə-jē also fī-
1 a person who studies literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
2a linguist
especially : one who studies historical and comparative linguistics
2b student of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history