Showing posts with label word of the day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label word of the day. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Word Up! Up Up!!



After reading Cheyney's latest post, I'm all a twitter with 80's nostalgia. Does Cameo ring any bells? Anyway, word for the day:
weltanschauung • \VELT-ahn-show-ung ("ow" as in "cow")\ noun, often capitalized
: a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint
Given his history of questionable race conduct, Stefan Schumacher displayed his obtuse weltanschauung when he implicated Kim Kirchen as the reason for his crash today in Stage 6 of the Tour de France.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Word for the day


And, oh yeah! Here is a word for the day:
fatuous
  • Pronunciation:
  • \ˈfa-chü-əs, -tyü-\
  • Function: adjective
  • Etymology: Latin fatuus foolish
  • Date: 1633
  • : complacently or inanely foolish : silly fatuous remark
  • Used in a sentence: Tom Boonen proved himself a fatuous young man after
  • testing positive for cocaine use, which led to his exclusion from the Tour de France.