editor note, mid december


solstice, 2015, 52.76 years old.

regarding dates, i have a score of unedited bits that hope to be published soon. i will try to serve them soon. they will be dated between this past July and now.

here on the 21st of december, i look back at the trove ...

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homage


homage

today's word of the moment, wotm.

derivation

[i still like this part...]

from Old French, dig that, which means 7, 8 hundred years ago. Yay, a venerable word.

So Homage, whence, right? the question we all share.

i satisfy... from homo- man/human/person. A root element. Amazing ...

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hilarious


hilarious

today's word of the hour.

derivation

[i always like this part, where does this word come from? who said it before me, and for how long has it been part of the vernacular, or at least the literate lexicon of this, and eras past...]

[who used this word ...

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