I had vice versa on the other list, i.e., Latin, so I did not include it here, although it certainly would qualify! Perhaps they should be listed v.v., since the full word usage is common, and the abbreviated version much less so...
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def.(n) A lover of loves. One who has fondness for the concept of loving objects, if not the love of the objects themselves directly.
"...So she had to satisfy herself with the idea of love — loving the loving of things whose existence she didn’t care at all about. Love itself became the object of her love. She loved herself in love, she loved loving love, as love loves loving, and was able, in that way, to reconcile herself with a world that fell so short of what she would have hoped for. It was not the world that was the great and saving lie, but her willingness to make it beautiful and fair, to live a once-removed life, in a world once-removed from the one in which everyone else seemed to exist." -Brod (character), fromm 'Everything is Illuminated', by Jonathan Safran Foer
Comments by kiltwraith
kiltwraith commented on the list pop-latin
I had vice versa on the other list, i.e., Latin, so I did not include it here, although it certainly would qualify! Perhaps they should be listed v.v., since the full word usage is common, and the abbreviated version much less so...
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the user thtownse
I too think bugs are creepy, and creeps really bug me.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word vide supre
-see above
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the list latin--7
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October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word confer
-to compare
cf.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word curriculum vitae
c.v.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word ibidem
male form of eadem
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word eadem
-in the same place; author (female form of ibidem)
ead.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word exempli gratia
-for instance
e.g.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word et sequens
-and the following pages
et seq.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word floruit
-he/she flourished; used to indicate the high point of a person's life or career when his/her dates of birth are unknown.
fl.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word opere citato
op. cit.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word paper
-page
p.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word pluta paper
-pages
pp.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word per procurationem
per pro; p.p.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word pro tempore
pro tem.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word voce
v.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word verbi gratia
-for example
v.g.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word vide infra
v. inf.
October 19, 2010
kiltwraith commented on the word lachrymose
suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word demulce
To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word recidivism
repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word intransigeant
refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word insular
4. detached; standing alone; isolated.
6. narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial: insular attitudes toward foreigners.
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word ebullient
1. overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
2. bubbling up like a boiling liquid
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word ebulliant
1. overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
2. bubbling up like a boiling liquid
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word rapacious
1. given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
3. (of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word askance
1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word apace
with speed; quickly; swiftly
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word petulantly
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.
March 18, 2009
kiltwraith commented on the word philophile
def.(n) A lover of loves. One who has fondness for the concept of loving objects, if not the love of the objects themselves directly.
"...So she had to satisfy herself with the idea of love — loving the loving of things whose existence she didn’t care at all about. Love itself became the object of her love. She loved herself in love, she loved loving love, as love loves loving, and was able, in that way, to reconcile herself with a world that fell so short of what she would have hoped for. It was not the world that was the great and saving lie, but her willingness to make it beautiful and fair, to live a once-removed life, in a world once-removed from the one in which everyone else seemed to exist." -Brod (character), fromm 'Everything is Illuminated', by Jonathan Safran Foer
September 21, 2008
kiltwraith commented on the word canucksion
def. Property of a material/object/person quantifying the degree to which it allows Canadian-ness to flow through it.
September 21, 2008
kiltwraith commented on the word canucksion
def. Property of a material/object/person quantifying the degree to which it allows Canadian-ness to flow through it.
September 21, 2008