The Virgin Review

I cheated and pulled this word from the definition of Apocalypse.  I was intrigued because I know what a psuedonym is, but I never considered the root of the word and was excited to see that it could be used to describe an apocalypse…ah, full circle.  Anyhow, that's the word…

Pseudonymity: from Greek pseudOnymos bearing a false name, from pseud- + onyma name.  The fact or state of being signed with a pseudonym. 

Hmmm…that wasn't nearly as enlightening as I'd hoped. 

In honor of the day (well, belated day, since I don't post on the weekends, and Friday my site was down), I celebrate my own wonderful parent by making her the word of the day.  This definition is skewed, I imagine, from how we all view our own dear mothers, but a definition it is indeed, none-the-less.

Mother: The etymology gives me nothing here, so I'll skip to the actual definition – a female parent, a woman in authority; specifically: the superior of a religious community of women (wow there, a bit too deep, maybe), maternal tenderness or affection.

Call your mom today!  or if you are lucky enough, give her a great big hug!!!

Today's word follows my weird rant last week about the impending end of the world.  It's a cool word; it has been the controversy that has founded milleniums of debate, and has even caused that weirdo Mel Gibson to create a movie (mind you the movie is actually a historical epic about the end of the Mayan rule, but nothing is truly one-sided anymore).

Apocalypse:  Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalypsis, from apokalyptein to uncover, from apo- + kalyptein to cover.  One of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 BC and AD 150 marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expecatation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom.

 Wow!  I see some future WOTD's… 

Today's word of the day came, interestingly enough, from David Blane.  In his attempt to break the record on submerged breath holding, he peaked my interest in watching it.  You ask, what's so special about a guy in a tank, holding his breath?  Well my response would be, 'you definitely don't know the whole story'.  But that isn't the point and shall be left for later discussion.  The word, however, is the point, and the word is Voyeur!

Voyeur: From the French, literally meaning one who can see.  More broadly, one obtaining sexual gratification from seeing sex organs and sexual acts.

I was thinking, peaking in peoples windows, watching reality television, and checking out David Blane in his personal fish tank in the middle of Lincoln Center, but Merriam is probably right…very, very lude and offensive. 

My first word of the day is befitting, at best…this is not a 'theory' I live by, at least the nounal (yes, I just said 'nounal') sense.  However, I think that the adjectival form of this word is very important, on many levels, in every day life.  It is important to recognize and understand the virginal in order to expose yourself.  We must all come full circle and we were all virgins once.

Virgin:  The definition of 'virgin' according to my good friend and confident, Merriam Webster comes from the Latin Virgo, which means, quite simply, young woman.  Virgin as a noun is an unmarried woman devoted to religion.  Virgin as adjective is…well, read my tagline, but also means absolutely chaste. 

Use it in a sentence today.