A couple of years ago a guy who worked for me had a toe thumb. I mean, he literally had a toe for a thumb–his big toe, to be specific. He had gotten his hand caught in a wood chipper and had lost parts of most of his fingers and his entire thumb. Doctors removed one […]
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For years I have used and taught a maxim that our Pastor taught me regarding whether or not I should say what I am thinking: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? And by “used” I mean “I have tried to use this but sometimes I find myself speaking before I think and […]
I recently got to observe a discussion between pastors on the subject of church discipline, and I got to hear a word that everyone knows used in a manner I had never heard it used before. I have a long explanation before I get to the term. As you likely know, a term is a […]
adj; irritable, bad tempered, or touchy.
N., la-NOO-go. Lanugo is fine, downy hair, seen on babies, and also on anorexics.
n., “According to ILM founding member Lorne Peterson’s book on the Star Wars model shop, Sculpting a Galaxy, a greeblie is defined as ‘Miscellaneous mechanical details that add realism to a prop, model, or set.’” from Norman Chan’s article at Tested.com
“Were it necessary a dissertation might be written on the Persian words, and Persian forms of speech, in this and the two following books; but probably after my toil few of my readers would thank me for my pains.” –Adam Clarke from his commentary on Ezra 8:36
Putzmeister!
British slang for ‘delighted.’
This word was apparently coined by doubled-letter fan Russell Moore. There’s not a lot of context, but it’s one of those words whose meaning is pretty apparent. Named from the Aramaic word for ‘riches,’ I would sum it up as ‘a celebration of how much can acquired around the date traditionally set aside for the […]