Words Category Archives
Abshopious New Year
Published on 31 Dec 2006 at 3:00 pm.
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Filed under Politics, The Economy, Good Manners, Words, Credit Cards.
I’ve coined a new word for the New Year: abshopious. I’m going to try to give up (ab) mindless shopping in 2007. Ab-shop-ious. Derived from one of my favorite words: ab·ste·mi·ous [ab-stee-mee-uhs] adjective sparing or moderate in […]
BMI? Oh My!
Published on 28 Dec 2006 at 12:22 pm.
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Filed under About Buff, Aging Gracefully, Words, Etcetera, etcetera.
When did the BMI become the metric for measuring one’s worth? The BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a ratio of weight to height. It’s a convenient (but not precise) way to tell if you need to lose or gain weight. You can calculate yours at the press of a button. The scale for the general population […]
Tortured Logic
Published on 7 Dec 2005 at 1:17 pm.
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Filed under Politics, Words.
I heard Senator John McCain on Fresh Air yesterday, speaking about his new book. He’s an amazing man and while I don’t always agree with his politics, I think he says what he believes, a rare commodity in Congress. McCain is sponsoring an amendment banning torture by all arms of the government. […]
E-Nail
Published on 22 Nov 2005 at 10:20 am.
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E-mail is such an efficient, low-cost medium that we often overlook its hidden costs. I’m not talking about the hours we spend writing epics for an audience of one. I’m not including the carpal tunnel, or the adult-onset ADD, which distracts us from useful work whenever we hear the ping! of a new message arriving […]
Automagic
Published on 1 Nov 2005 at 2:24 am.
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Filed under Aging Gracefully, Words, Etcetera, etcetera.
My computer guy e-mailed me today that an update of the site would occur “automagically.” He said it wasn’t original when I complimented him. But it’s such a great word that I want to give him full credit for bringing it to my attention. As much as I bitch about my computer when it isn’t being […]
Hide and Speak
Published on 31 Oct 2005 at 1:33 am.
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Filed under Politics, Words.
I want to know that I am not being fed lies or propaganda. I want to believe that the source needed to be anonymous because he knew the scoop, and not because he was the pizza delivery guy. But it is becoming more and more exhausting to read the ridiculous new descriptors attached to […]
Political Objectives
Published on 29 Oct 2005 at 1:38 pm.
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Filed under Politics, Words.
I’m going to take a step back from the flurry of events and talk about something that’s been bothering me for years. I always thought it was the late, great Lee Atwater* who began the systematic denial of the adjective to the Democratic Party. His playbook, a unique combination of Goebbels and The Hunting […]