Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Gracious Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

And may your rapacious relatives with capacious stomaches leave your home completely statisfied, full of turkey, as well as, joy!

Capacious -- roomy, spacious.

Rapacious -- given to plunder, greedy.

Thank you for reading. And I hope your relatives are gracious, too!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Quintessential Quandary

"On this planet, normal equals insane." – Eckhart Tolle

Just a quixotic quote from the pundit, Eckhart Tolle, from his book, A New Earth.

Is that right? I need an adjective which starts with a Q. Let’s try:
Just a quantum quote from the quarrelsome Eckhart Tolle, from his book, A New Earth.
Or maybe:
Just a quirky quote from the quizzical Eckhart Tolle, from his book, A New Earth.

I’ll go with:
Just a quizzical quote from the pundit, Eckhart Tolle, from his quintessential book, A New Earth.
See full article about ET and The New Earth at http://musinglog.blogspot.com

Adjectives starting with Q:
Quantum – a popular term right now, but no one knows what it means except my friend’s son who is studying nuclear physics.
Quarrelsome – argumentative, cantankerous, querulous.
Quintessential – most essential, concentrated, or purest (form of something). Latin.
Quixotic - idealistic, unrealistic, impractical, or romantic. From the fictional character Don Quixote 1605.
Quizzical – bewildered, confused, or odd.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Copacetic Pundit

There's a word I haven't heard in a while, "copacetic." I'm going to look it up in the unabridged as my standard dictionary states that the origin is unknown. Wow! This is the first word I have not been able to find in my Webster's Deluxe Unabridged Dictionary with 320,000 definitions. It does not list copacetic! Neither does my Microsoft PC thesaurus.

Very mysterious. Not satisfactory at all. Definitely NOT copacetic.

All it says in my standard dictionary is copacetic, adj. very satifactory. Origin unknown.

If there are any other pundits out there with information on the wherabouts or derivation of this word, please let me know!

[A pundit is a learned person. Hindu]