...but if it's correct, it's metaprime! (Help, math geeks!)
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Written in Stone?
From A.Word.A.Day:
petrify
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To turn into stone.
2. To harden or deaden.
3. To stun or paralyze with fear.
verb intr.:
To become stony or callous.
1. To turn into stone.
2. To harden or deaden.
3. To stun or paralyze with fear.
verb intr.:
To become stony or callous.
Response Post:
What "petra" also gave us was, according to the Gospels, the name of one
of Jesus' twelve apostles: Peter, the Rock ("...and on this rock I will
build my church..."). It's ironic (in the situational sense) that what
started as a small but radical movement for change has become, in so many
of its manifestations, petrified.
Thanks again, Pheas!
Unequivocally Speaking...
From A.Word.A.Day:
equivocate
MEANING:
verb intr.: To be vague or ambiguous, especially in order to mislead.
Response Post:
For the word "equivocate" you seem to have omitted one of the most important
uses of the term, namely, the way it is used in logic. Any good Introduction
to Logic will explain clearly what the fallacy of equivocation is. Briefly,
it involves using a word with two different meanings in the course of an
argument, so as to fallaciously conclude what does not follow. The fallacy
rests on the ambiguity of a particular term.
Thanks, Pheas!
Preposition Proposition
From A.Word.A.Day:
To say "In the beginning was the verb" wouldn't be too far off as the
word comes from Latin verbum which means both verb and word.
Response Post:
I'd be more inclined to say, "In the beginning was the preposition."
PheasPhind
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