Daily Archives: January 25, 2006

Truths About Life I Learned From Bad ’80s Comedies

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Ron

Smart people wear thick glasses, button-down shirts, and slacks. Dumb people wear football uniforms. Everyone in high school was having sex except you and the class valedictorian. Your dog is way smarter than you. France is populated entirely by attractive … Continue reading →

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Holophrastic

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Ron

PRONUNCIATION: (hol-uh-FRAS-tik) http://wordsmith.org/words/holophrastic.mp3 MEANING: (adjective) Also polysynthetic. 1. Expressing a sentence in one word, for example, “Go.” 2. Expressing complex ideas in a single word, as in some Eskimo languages. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek Holo- (whole) + Greek phrastikos, from phrazein … Continue reading →

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