Wednesday, July 2, 2008

DEXTERITY


definitions

My Pick:
  1. Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness.
  2. Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness.
Dexterity is what is precisely required by me to solve this puzzle faster.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

VERBATIM

definitions

My Pick:
As a linguistic term, "verbatim" means an exact reproduction of a sentence, phrase, quote or other sequence of text from one source into another. The same words appear in exactly the same order, with no paraphrasing, substitution, or abbreviation of any kind, not even any trivial changes that wouldn't have affected the meaning in any way.

I had a friend who read the chapters so well that he could start from the chapters heading, when you say "start" and would narrate the whole chapter verbatim till the last period. Now that's photographic memory.

Friday, June 20, 2008

EPONYM



definitions


My Pick:
A word or name derived from the name of a person. The words atlas, bowdlerize, and Turing machine are eponyms.

This is my eponymous ambigram.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Otiose

1.Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being.
2.Disinclined to work.

well i like the second meaning more.This is what most of us are.Atleast i am.The reason for all my problems.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Trot

A hurried walk; somewhere between walk and jog. It is quite often used in humourous situations as well as in rhymes. It gives a nice feel to the sentence.

'No time for talking. I must be trotting.'

Bugger

Pet word of British people. Favourite word of my professor. It is used as a synonymous to words like Shit or Damn. It is considered to be a vulgar word but with time it has melted into mainstream expressions to express dissastisfation. It was famously used in the movie 'If only'.

Many derieved words like 'buggery' or 'bugger off' are also commonly used.

'Ah! we just need to cut it a mm more to make it resonate at 415MHz'

(after cutting and measuring the piece again)

'This now resonates at 430 MHz...Bugger!'

PANACEA

definitions

My pick:
A remedy for all diseases. Something believed to cure all human disorders.

I doubt the existence of a panacea because a disorder for one is the source of profit for someone else. Also the cure of a disorder is the cause of another.