I was reading an article the other day that used the word “pudenda” and I thought to myself, “Hey, now there’s a word you don’t hear/use everyday.” But that made me think of grad school, when that was precisely the kind of word I would use/hear every day.
That got me thinking about all the great grad school words I miss using nowadays in my corporate/business world.
Here are a few that came to mind:
Malapropism
Dactyl
Gouache
Caesura
Picaresque
Fin de siècle
Dramatis personae
Hermeneutics
Verisimilitude
Bildungsroman
Flying Buttress
Gestalt
Enjambment
Venus Pudica
Sobriquet
Ignudi
Acanthus
Tufa
Grand Guignol
Onomatopoeia
Sfumato
Derrida
Chiarascurro
Denouement
Synecdoche
Aestheticism
Pathetic fallacy
Anaphora
Doppelgänger
Simulacrum
DaDa
Corporeality
Now I’m stuck with boring words like:
Informatics
Regulatory
Indemnity
Fiduciary
Attestation
Contingency
Formulary
Indemnification
Benchmark
Reciprocity
Folksonomy
Actuary
Oligopoly (ok.that one is kinda cool)
Gantt chart
Ambulatory
Metadata
Gainsharing
I need to get more of the old words back in the mix!!
Yesterday I sent out a message to a couple of friends asking for some help. Upon reflection, I think it could have been misconstrued. I said:
Hot lesbian seeks studs for weekend adventure (involves mounting).
What I meant was, I (being a lesbian and all) get fairly warm here in TX in the summer and this weekend, just for fun, I was going to be finding the studs behind my sheet rock so I can mount my TV to the wall. I sure hope they understood.
The sweet little kitten (Geisha) we found outside our door on Sunday will be moving to a new home tonight. We are really grateful for the time we had with her and equally grateful that she is going to a loving home.
Remember when you were a kid and you would play that silly MASH game, where you find out if you’ll live in a mansion, apartment, shack, or house. Well they have an online version and here are my results. If you choose to play, post yours in my comments section.
Your wife’s name is Catherine the Great and you have 18 children. You’re an empress of the universe who drives to work every day in a red Bentley.
It’s truly a wonderful life when you consider the countless romantic nights you have spent with Catherine the Great in your house in Greece.
My final project for class is 85% done and should be finished by this Friday (after I meet with my class partner tomorrow). It is due on Thursday, June 14. To see the miracle in this one must understand that I never “burn the midnight oil” to finish a project. No. I actually “write by the light of the early dawn.” Midnight is FAR too early to start a task. (And I mean that quite literally.)
So this is a MAJOR win for me. Just a little less then one full week early. Unreal. (I must be getting old, as evidenced in the prior post.)
Pride – Knowing exactly what to do to solve a plumbing problem Frustration – Not having the upper body strength to accomplish the task Acquiescence – Watching the plumber muscle thru what you tried and couldn’t
(props to lighting guy…thanks for letting me borrow your key. at least that part worked.)
