rising: an adjective to describe a student's movement from one level to another. " I was a sophomore last school year; now I'm a rising junior."
Matriculation—an examination to qualify for enrollment at a college or university. To matriculate means to pass the exam and be accepted into the college.
Shoot, I think my fillings might account for a measurable proportion of my net worth, now that you mention it.
Oh, I dunno. Kidneys, liver, blood, corneas, lungs, heart, bone marrow. Those are worth a pretty penny. Not my kidneys though. They don't work.
ARFARFAN'ARF A (Victorian) figure of speech used to describe drunken men. “He’s very arf’arf’an’arf," Forrester writes, "meaning he has had many ‘arfs,’” or half-pints of booze.
I didn't exactly learn a new word today, but I learned/remembered I've been using the word "bombastic" wrong for years, which is ironic given the meaning. (High-sounding; pretentious.) Go me.
Transgressive. Someone posted in the erotica subforum that their work was called transgressive and defined it as breaking moral or social boundaries. Ok.....that seems like an odd criticism of any writing in contemporary times. What hasn't been written about so far? Thread is (here): https://www.writingforums.org/threads/transgressive-writing-hard-to-label-ends-up-as-erotica.166608/#post-1873234
Amanuensis, thanks to @EFMingo on another thread. Had to Google that one. "a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts."
Boston Marriage - 19th century term referring to two women, typically well-heeled and more mature, cohabitating sans the presence of some dude try'na tell them what's what. Heard it once in documentary; came across it again subsequently.
Courtesy of @Room with a view: ring rust: the phenomenon experienced by many when they take a (long) period of time off from fighting and they’re not feeling as sharp as they did when they last competed. Source The Urban Dictionary had some other suggestions, of course, but they weren't fit for even impolite company so I went with this one.
Cadmean, of or relating to Cadmus (Kadmos) of Thebes, as in Cadmean victory: a victory involving one's ruin. I learned this playing A Total War Saga: Troy. The Total War titles grade your victories and losses. The names vary between installments, but at least in the Rome games you're "awarded" a Pyrrhic victory in battles where you come out demolished; but since the setting of this game predates Pyrrhus and his namesake you get a Cadmean one instead. I thought this was a really neat touch. The game is so-so, but thumbs up for attention to detail.
@Friedrich Kugelschreiber Yep. Only reason I'm playing it. My current PC isn't the best for TW titles either.
Yeah that might have been part of it. I don't play anything more recent than Shogun 2. My new word is jointure: An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
1. Cotillion A formal ball, especially one where debutantes are presented. 2. Cotillion An elaborate 18th - century French dance based on the contredanse.
flow arts: the emerging movement-based art forms that integrate dance and creative exploration of movement with skill-based prop manipulation.
