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hollybrooke) wrote2006-09-22 08:34 am
hollybrooke) wrote2006-09-22 08:34 am
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word of the day!
Word of the Day for Friday, September 22, 2006
opprobrium \uh-PRO-bree-uhm\, noun:
1. Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt.
2. A cause or object of reproach or disgrace.
"Typically academic, they disdainfully observed about many university press books--"too dry, too specialized, too self-absorbed for us." In their world, the word 'academic' was as much a term of opprobrium as the word 'middlebrow' was in mine."
-- Janice A. Radway, A Feeling for Books
"Five months after Malaysia incurred global opprobrium by closing off its currency and capital markets, its officials are in no mood to apologize."
-- Mark Landler, "Malaysia Says Its Much-Criticized Financial Strategy Has Worked", New York Times, February 14, 1999
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In other news, I finally saw Weird Al's new video on VH1 this morning.
All I can say is....Al's back!!!
opprobrium \uh-PRO-bree-uhm\, noun:
1. Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt.
2. A cause or object of reproach or disgrace.
"Typically academic, they disdainfully observed about many university press books--"too dry, too specialized, too self-absorbed for us." In their world, the word 'academic' was as much a term of opprobrium as the word 'middlebrow' was in mine."
-- Janice A. Radway, A Feeling for Books
"Five months after Malaysia incurred global opprobrium by closing off its currency and capital markets, its officials are in no mood to apologize."
-- Mark Landler, "Malaysia Says Its Much-Criticized Financial Strategy Has Worked", New York Times, February 14, 1999
***************
In other news, I finally saw Weird Al's new video on VH1 this morning.
All I can say is....Al's back!!!