Brave Creatures » Wörd of the week http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog audentes fortuna iuvat Sat, 14 May 2011 13:01:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Wörd of the week – DJ Vue http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2010/04/word-of-the-week-dj-vue/ http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2010/04/word-of-the-week-dj-vue/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:08:30 +0000 Robert http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2010/04/word-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-dj-vue/ Haven’t I heard Phil Hewson or Brent Nicols play this sequence before?

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/ee Or/  – noun

A Prostitute who advertises on the internet

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/ee Or/  – noun

A Prostitute who advertises on the internet

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]]> http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2009/12/word-of-the-week-e-ore/feed/ 0 Wörd of the week – Glee http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2009/11/word-of-the-week-glee/ http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2009/11/word-of-the-week-glee/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:04:28 +0000 Robert http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/?p=1001 glee [glee] – noun

1. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.

2. an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular esp. in the 18th century.

Dont stop believing in yourself, in what you want, in what you can be.

Never stop believing in your capacity for Glee

glee [glee] – noun

1. open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.

2. an unaccompanied part song for three or more voices, popular esp. in the 18th century.

Dont stop believing in yourself, in what you want, in what you can be.

Never stop believing in your capacity for Glee

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/lahyf floh/  – noun

The flow or amount of work to and from an home, family, or private person

A lifeflow is the sequence of connected steps used to achieve the goals and objectives of your personal life – as opposed to those in your work life. Lifeflow involves tools, techniques and processes [...]]]> Tree of LifeLife Flow

/lahyf floh/  – noun

The flow or amount of work to and from an home, family, or private person

A lifeflow is the sequence of connected steps used to achieve the goals and objectives of your personal life – as opposed to those in your work life. Lifeflow involves tools, techniques and processes that lets you organise your life and make things happen

Some examples:

Saturday Morning Lifeflow involves the houshold chores, gym and shopping that results in being free, relaxed and ready for a fun Saturday night and a lazy Sunday.

News LifeFlow involves finding, ingesting and exploring news content resulting in you being up to date with whats going on in the world – and being able to make witty banter about it at parties, with the further potential result that you will get laid more often (if you prey base includes the geeky and socially aware).

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[fr. Ivan Goncharov's novel, Oblomov] 
characterized by sloth or lassitude
(see also Oblomovism, sluggish inertia)

“Gumbo was in a bad mood. His Oblomovian head 
was dizzy and drooped over the bar.”
 The worthless word for the day is: Oblomovian

[fr. Ivan Goncharov's novel, Oblomov] 
characterized by sloth or lassitude
(see also Oblomovism, sluggish inertia)

“Gumbo was in a bad mood. His Oblomovian head 
was dizzy and drooped over the bar.”
- Drago Jancar, Mocking Desire (tr. 1998)

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]]> http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2008/11/word-of-the-week-yo/feed/ 0 Strine Wörd of the week – Hem Bairg http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2008/10/strine-word-of-the-week-hem-bairg/ http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/2008/10/strine-word-of-the-week-hem-bairg/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:00:12 +0000 Robert http://www.bravecreatures.com/blog/?p=601 Hem Bairg

A small leather holdall used by Strine women for carrying all manner of possesions and personal effects with them everywhere they go (“Haya seemie Hem Bairg pet? Air! ya leftit honour flaw roite wear oycud treepova eet! Woy carnya peekie dup, ya shtubid bet!”)

Hem Bairg

A small leather holdall used by Strine women for carrying all manner of possesions and personal effects with them everywhere they go (“Haya seemie Hem Bairg pet? Air! ya leftit honour flaw roite wear oycud treepova eet! Woy carnya peekie dup, ya shtubid bet!”)

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