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Sep 03
Give it a lick and a promise
I first heard this idiom last year some time from a woman at work. At first I thought it meant something vaguely dirty, so I figured I better look it up. It simply means to do a hasty job, or to do a job with the most minimal effort. It’s funny that I first heard …
Sep 01
yeoman’s job
To do a great job and/or perform a loyal service. “He did a real yeoman’s job on that patio.” UPDATE: ‘yeoman’ is pronounced YO-mun, not YEE-O-MAN.
Aug 23
usufruct
YOOS-uh-fruct. n., the right to enjoy the use of another’s property, apart from wasting or destroying it. “It was the bridegroom’s duty and interest to see that the dowry was duly paid. He enjoyed the usufruct of it during his life, and not unfrequently it was employed….” –Archibald Sayce, Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs. It is an …
Aug 16
cacoethes
[KAK-o-EETH-eez] n. an irresistible urge to do something inadvisable. I had never heard this word until reading Jim Shooter’s excellent blog.
Aug 11
Review: Captain America: The First Avenger
I loved almost every minute of Captain America. I had high hopes for it, and Joe Johnston (who also directed The Rocketeer) did an amazing job with it. It was both faithful to the original story as well as new and unique. The cast was amazing: Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, and that …
Aug 21
Quotable: Matthew Henry
“Note, it is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge.” “Our rule is to pray without ceasing; we sin if we restrain in general, and in particular if we cease praying for the church.” –Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole …
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