Definition of the Moment: eschatology
es·cha·tol·o·gy
[es-kuh-tol-uh-jee] noun
- any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, asdeath, the Judgment, the future state, etc.
- the branch of theology dealing with such matters.
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[den-drit-ik] – adj.
1. formed or marked like a dendrite.
2. of a branching form; arborescent.
This is, in all hopefullhood (and likelihood) of execution, the next computrain, not to mention the loose slack from the Magic! section. Have you ever scanned through those? I gotta start separating by crazy magic from confluence magic from beautiful magic from magic that comes in horrorscoping swoops of stupifying comprehension. Speaking of which -
n pl -ries
–adjective
| 1. | willing to sell one’s influence, esp. in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary: a venal judge. |
-n, [bey-thos, -thaws, -thohs]
| 1. | a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax. |
| 2. | insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness. |
| 3. | triteness or triviality in style. |
Ugh. We should be tremendously proud (though it certainly could have been worse; could have been “tweeting”). From the Global Language Monitor:
“Austin, Texas June 10, 2009 – The Global Language Monitor today announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase. added to the codex of fourteen hundred-year-old language. Web 2.0 is a technical term meaning the next generation of World Wide Web products and services. It has crossed from technical jargon into far wider circulation in the last six months. Two terms from India, Jai Ho! and slumdog finished No. 2 and 4. Jai Ho! Is a Hindi exclamation signifying victory or accomplishment; Slumdog is an impolite term for children living in the slums. Just missing the top spot was n00b, a mixture of letters and numbers that is a derisive term for newcomer. It is also the only mainstream English word that contains within itself two numerals. Rounding out the final five were another technical term, cloud computing, meaning services that are delivered via the cloud (or Internet), and a term from the Climate Change debate, carbon neutral. At its current rate, English generates about 14.7 words a day or one every 98 minutes.”
pa·thos
noun (pā’thŏs’, -thôs’)
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e⋅thos
noun (ee-thos, ee-thohs, eth-os, -ohs)
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lo⋅gos
noun (loh-gos, -gohs, log-os)
noun [kuh
n-ven-ti-kuh
l]
| 1. | a secret or unauthorized meeting, esp. for religious worship, as those held by Protestant dissenters in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| 2. | a place of meeting or assembly, esp. a Nonconformist meeting house. |
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