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"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman." ~ Virginia Woolf How many of the Anonymous contributors to so much throughout history were women... "I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman." Since… Continue reading Affirmation Mondays 348 ~ I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman…
Melomaniac is an individual that is inordinately and abnormally affected by musical or other tones in certain ranges of sound. Melomaniac derives from the Ancient Greek melos (song, melody, tune) and manía (madness, compulsion, mad desire). A Melomaniac is someone with an abnormal fondness for music. Melomaniac goes hand-in-hand with the word melomania, which is… Continue reading Word Nerd: Melomaniac
"Sometimes it's okay if the only thing you did today was breathe." ~ Unknown Go easy on yourself, for you are only human... "Sometimes it's okay if the only thing you did today was breathe." The grind culture needs to take a giant step back and take all of the seats because there is not… Continue reading Affirmation Mondays 347 ~ Sometimes it’s okay if the only thing you did today was breathe…
Pervicacious means extremely willful, obstinate, or stubborn. Pervicacious derives from the Latin pervicac- (which derives from pervicax (from per- (thoroughly) and vicax, from the stem of vincere (to prevail, win a point, conquer)) and the English -ious. Pervicacious was first used around 1625-1635. Pervicacious has the variants of pervicaciously (adverb) and pervicaciousness (noun). Someone who… Continue reading Word Nerd: Pervicacious
"Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong." ~ Leo Buscaglia Gentleness is such a powerful strength... "Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong." There is so much importance in this simple statement. Yet, so many are so quick to ignore, or worse still,… Continue reading Affirmation Mondays 346 ~ Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong…
Tohubohu (pronounced to-hoo-bo-hoo) means chaos; disorder; confusion. Tohubohu derives from the Hebrew phrase tōhū wā-bhōhū (without form and void), which is from from tōhū (formlessness, confusion) and bōhū (emptiness). Tohubohu was first used around 1611 or so. Tohubohu was first used in a translation of the Bible, specifically in Genesis 1:2. Tohubohu refers to the… Continue reading Word Nerd: Tohubohu
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