Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A combination of letters invested with peculiar sanctity both in the Hindu religions and in Buddhism. It first appears as an exclamation of solemn assent. Afterward it formed the auspicious word with which the Brahmans had to begin and end every sacred duty; and latterly it came to be regarded as a symbol representing the names of the Hindu trinity.
Wiktionary
- n. A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
Etymologies
- Sanskrit om, aum.
Examples
“Het is totale waanzin om een 13 jarig meisje de wereld rond te laten varen in het deense bootje van 8 meter. golven van 14 meter zijn zaken die aan de orde komen midden op zee.”
Global Voices in English » Netherlands: Too young to sail the world alone at 13?
“Stefanie – everytime I read your comment, I read ‘nominees’ as a lol-cat nommy-ness, as in om nom nom.”
“Vanaf hierdie distansie het die skare begin om klippe en bakstene na ons te gooi … Daar was so 'n oorverdowende lawaai …”
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
“Ek is vol vertroue dat sodra ons begin om na mekaar se behoeftes te luister, sal ons 'n verskil maak aan die lewens van al ons mense, veral die wat arm en behoeftig is.”
“The monuments at risk include the tomb of Baji Rao, the last great pre-British ruler of India, who died in 1740, and the Mandhata Temple, a sacred Hindu site on an island -- said to be shaped like the sacred mantra "om" -- at a fork in the river.”
“The original Sanskrit word, of course, is om, which is misspelled.”
“– Ett blogginlägg, på BuzzMachine av Jeff Jarvis, som sammanfattar och länkar till en hel del existerande tankar om akademins förlegade strukturer och kontraproduktiva kultur.”
“My terugkeer was daarop gemik om die nodige versterkings te verkry asook middele wat gebruik kon word om 'n skare uiteen te dryf.”
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
“Ons doen ook 'n beroep op alle maatskaplike werkers en onderwysers om selfs meer opleidingsprogramme te inisieer, sodat kinders die kans gebied word om uit die bose kringloop van geweld te ontsnap.”
“As daarin geslaag word om suksesvolle nuwe boere op 'n volhoubare basis te verstig, sal die vrese van bestaande boere vir altyd besweer word.”
SPEECH BY DR MANIE SCHOEMAN DURING A MUNICIPAL PROPERTY RATES BILL DEBATE
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ham lingo
amateur radio operators create a lingo of their own. I grew up listening to my father using these terms. txting is just the latest form.
dx, xyl, 73s, cq, qrn, qrm, ssb, dummy load, driven element, eyeball, qsl, rig and 19 more...
susanm Old man, opposite of XLY Aug 20, 2009