meatus (n.): a natural body passage Unfortunately, this word is pronounced /mi’etəs/ (à la Merriam-Webster, mE-’A-t&s) and not /’mitəs/ (M-W: ‘mE-t&s), the way it would if I were king, or alternatively, if the world was a South Park cartoon. “Meatus” comes from the same root as “permeate,” the Latin meare, meaning go, pass, etc., and [...]
satiety (n.): the quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity : SURFEIT, FULLNESS As of Monday, I’ve started in on another batshit insane dietary regimen. My anonymous co-conspirator and I started out with some basic, healthy directives: primarily fruits, vegetables, beans, and lean meats, with no sweets, no white flour, [...]
hestiernal (adj.): pertaining to yesterdayhodiernal (adj.): pertaining to todaycrastinal (adj.): pertaining to tomorrow (as a tense) Holy fuck! I can’t believe these words even exist! Granted, they probably haven’t been used since 1846, when Horatio Hale (yes!) used them to describe the 15 tenses (most of which aren’t really tenses so much as tense-aspect combinations) [...]
satisfaction (n.): 1 a : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a sin b : reparation for sin that meets the demands of divine justice…3 a : compensation for a loss or injury : ATONEMENT, RESTITUTION b : the discharge of a legal obligation or claim c : VINDICATION… I’ve already [...]
terranormative (adj.): of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that legitimize and privilege the attitudes, viewpoints, and social mores of the Earth over those of other planets During the recent lunar eclipse, Martin pointed out that it’s just plain not fair that we refer to our satellite as “THE moon,” when everyone knows there [...]
