I accidentally created the word "uncestors" from a typo. It now means all of the people in the past who aren't your ancestors. Go forth and talk about your uncestors from this day forth!
(from Neo-Latin de fenestrā) 1. The act of throwing someone or something out of a window. 2. A swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office).
The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618.
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump don't want to use their opponents' names, instead favoring nicknames and circumlocutions like"the former guy" and "Sleepy Joe." For @TheConversationUS, Roger J. Kreuz takes a look at Biden's rhetorical tactic — the Voldemort effect, or a cardinal principle of advertising: never mention your competitor by name. He also examines Trump's approach of othering via mispronouncing names and tapping into xenophobia.
I've just come across the Old English compound word "hord-wynn" (hoard-joy), which refers to treasure that delights.
That's how I'm going to be thinking of my library from now on 🥰 📚 #Life#Books#Words#Etymology
For lovers of #writing and #gardening, Nancy Lawson's essay on what language we have been taught to use is very thought-provoking. Is a lawn well-kept, manicured, pristine -- or undergrown? So many of the #words used to denigrate a thriving #garden filled with #bees and #birds imply something savage that needs to be beaten into submission: aggressive, weedy, pest, unruly. Let's call them lush, exuberant, and alive!