Words Words Words
David Crystal, Words Words Words Oxford University Press, 2006 From this engaging book, I note the following words and passages. 1. Aptronym = when a name is felt to be especially appropriate to a…
Category: Lexicon
Word of the Day: Maitri
“Maitri is translated in a lot of ways, maybe most commonly as love, but the way Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche translated it was unconditional friendliness and in particular unconditional friendliness to oneself.” — Pema Chödron
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Saudade, noun, Portuguese, pl. Saudades 1. longing, yearning, ardent wish or desire 2. homesickness, nostalgia.… Estou cada vez com mais saudade de voce = I miss you more and more every day. Meu coração tem…
Itadakimas
Itadakimas is an important word in the Japanese language. Literally, it means, “I place this over my head,” and is translated as “I humbly receive.” It is the blessing which all Japanese, from the day laborer…
Word of the Day: Gassho
Gassho is the Japanese equivalent of the Sanskrit Anjali. It is the greeting, palm to palm, found among people throughout Asia, from the Dalai Lama to the Singhalese peasant, from the Pakistani weaver to the…
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Disponibilidade, noun, Portuguese A disposition of openness In which one is accessible Available and willing To be inconvenienced By the needs or requests Of another person or event –adapted from Mev Puleo, The Struggle Is…
Word of the Day
Word of the day, via Abbie Amico: In the Filipino language of Tagalog, there exists a word by the name of Kapwa. Literally translated it means “I’m not me without you” but as with other…
Gospel Subversive
Even when they call us mad, When they call us subversives and communists And all the epithets they put on us, We know that we only preach The subversive witness of the Beatitudes, Which have…