WORDS

[stattointhailand]

A cavalcade of ships...

OK, I'll go with that.

Thought it was flotilla

[stattointhailand]

POLITICS

derived from the word Poly meaning many and Ticks meaning blood sucking parasites

[Earnest]

A cavalcade of ships...

OK, I'll go with that.

Thought it was flotilla

Or convoy? Hey ho.

[stattointhailand]

Are we about to "Roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA"?

That's a big 10/4 there Rubber Duck

[Earnest]

OK

[Doodoo]

disparate
adjective | DISS-puh-rut

What It Means

Disparate things are noticeably distinct in quality or character. Disparate can also describe something that contains or is made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements.

The proposed law has the support of a disparate collection of interest groups.

[Udon Map]

POLITICS

derived from the word Poly meaning many and Ticks meaning blood sucking parasites

I like that!

Actually, it comes from Greek, Πολιτικά, Aristotle's eight volume tome on political philosophy. In case anyone wants to read it, here's the Loeb edition of the entire work, which has the original Greek and the English translation on facing pages.

https://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Politi ... 674992911/

[Doodoo]

bildungsroman
noun | BIL-doonks-roh-mahn

What It Means

A bildungsroman is a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character.

She was thrilled to discover that the next book on the syllabus was a bildungsroman by her favorite author.

[stattointhailand]

So its got nowt to do with a German Newspaper (Bild) report about excrements (dungs) in Ancient Italy (Roman)

[Earnest]

A bildungsroman is a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character.

Well. I was trying to think of an example and Great Expectations came to mind but then I said no. Pip ends the book by running way to India after losing all his money and Estella marries a brute who beats her up...so quite bleak if you think about it.

Pride and Prejudice might be a better example.

[marjamlew]

What's the opposite of bildungsroman? I rather enjoyed reading of the moral and psychological disintegration of your typical Dostoyevsky protagonist. I really liked the dude who took out the old usurer. What a tale that one was.

[Doodoo]

immaculate
adjective | ih-MAK-yuh-lut

What It Means

Immaculate means "spotlessly clean" or "without flaw or error." In botany and zoology, the word describes beings that have no colored spots or marks.

Despite the constant demands of school and fatherhood, Javier kept an immaculate home, tidying up whenever the opportunity arose.

Even a minor scandal has the power to tarnish an otherwise immaculate reputation.

[Earnest]

What's the opposite of bildungsroman? I rather enjoyed reading of the moral and psychological disintegration of your typical Dostoyevsky protagonist. I really liked the dude who took out the old usurer. What a tale that one was.

Crime and Punishment? I had to look up the books, I haven't read him.

[samster]

Idiot

[marjamlew]

What's the opposite of bildungsroman? I rather enjoyed reading of the moral and psychological disintegration of your typical Dostoyevsky protagonist. I really liked the dude who took out the old usurer. What a tale that one was.

Crime and Punishment? I had to look up the books, I haven't read him.

Yes, it's a great read. As is The Gambler and the Karamazov Brothers.

[marjamlew]

Idiot

Haven't read that one Samster.

[Doodoo]

golem
noun | GOH-lum

What It Means

Golem refers in Jewish folklore to an artificial humanoid being endowed with life. It can also refer to someone or something (such as a robot) resembling such a being.

She came to regard her punctilious supervisor as a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in his life.

[Earnest]

Crime and Punishment? I had to look up the books, I haven't read him.

Idiot

I know but I'm not as clever as the rest of you, Barry, I'm not widely read (still on the Ladybird series, readers).

[stattointhailand]

They have been re named to various identifiable gender bird books and banned in Florida

[Earnest]

Dostoyevsky's novels?

The b@stards!