arcane - adj - understood or known by only a few
I was sure this word had already been used. However, since it's not, I'll use it.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
impinge
My apologies for being late on yesterday's word. I went ahead and posted it with yesterday's date to keep our archiving straight.
And now for today's word:
impinge - v. - to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision
BTW...we decided to put just the word in the subject line, right?
And now for today's word:
impinge - v. - to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision
BTW...we decided to put just the word in the subject line, right?
albeit
albeit - conj - Although; even though; notwithstanding.
This one may be slightly old-fashioned.
And now I hope you will indulge me as I wander off on a tangent. Spoiler Warning: If you haven't read Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, I'm about to give away an early incident in the novel.
Shortly after Count Dracula moves to London, Lucy Westenra starts losing blood at an alarming rate. Dr. Seward calls Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in as a consultant, and he draws the same conclusion as the reader will, i.e., that Lucy has fallen victim to a vampire. Unfortunately, Lucy is too far gone and dies shortly after Van Helsing's arrival. After Lucy's funeral, there are reports in the papers of children having seen a bloofer lady. I have been plagued for decades wondering what exactly is a "bloofer" lady? Clearly, the lady in question is Lucy, who is now a vampire preying on little children, but what makes her a "bloofer" lady? I finally found the answer after consulting an annotated edition of the novel. "Bloofer" is the way English children pronounced "beautiful," much the same way American children call injuries "booboos." Now I know, and so do you.
This one may be slightly old-fashioned.
And now I hope you will indulge me as I wander off on a tangent. Spoiler Warning: If you haven't read Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, I'm about to give away an early incident in the novel.
Shortly after Count Dracula moves to London, Lucy Westenra starts losing blood at an alarming rate. Dr. Seward calls Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in as a consultant, and he draws the same conclusion as the reader will, i.e., that Lucy has fallen victim to a vampire. Unfortunately, Lucy is too far gone and dies shortly after Van Helsing's arrival. After Lucy's funeral, there are reports in the papers of children having seen a bloofer lady. I have been plagued for decades wondering what exactly is a "bloofer" lady? Clearly, the lady in question is Lucy, who is now a vampire preying on little children, but what makes her a "bloofer" lady? I finally found the answer after consulting an annotated edition of the novel. "Bloofer" is the way English children pronounced "beautiful," much the same way American children call injuries "booboos." Now I know, and so do you.
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