sesquipedalian \ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn\ (adjective) - 1 : Given to or characterized by the use of long words. 2 : Long and ponderous; having many syllables. (noun) - A long word. "Because my father was a professor, I early picked up a sesquipedalian way of speaking." -- Damon Knight, 'A Science Fiction Argosy' Sesquipedalian comes from Latin sesquipedalis, "a foot and a half long, hence inordinately long," from sesqui, "one half more, half as much again" + pes, ped-, "a foot." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is it always desirable to use large, complicated, obscure or technical terms? While having a large vocabulary is important for good communication, it isn't always effective to use. Here are a list of circumstances in which it is NOT effective...
By JoJo Tabares We've all gotten them. Those cryptic emails that we can't make heads or tails of. You think..."Whoever sent this, must be trying to tell me something, but for the life of me, I cannot decipher what it could possibly be!" Email is a deceptively difficult communication skill to master. Devoid of much of what makes up face-to-face communication (inflection, eye contact, body language, intonation and real-time interaction), an email can be misunderstood faster than you can say..."Hey what'd she mean by THAT?" Many people don't fully understand the impact their email can have on their reader and so they neglect to give it the attention it needs in order to produce the desired impression upon its recipient....
Every year around this time, I receive an inordinate number of private messages from Facebook friends about Breast Cancer Awareness. So many apparently see this as a fun way to promote a worthy cause, the elimination of breast cancer which affects many women, so why do I have such a problem with it? 1. It does NOT promote awareness. A few years ago I was asked to post the color of my bra. Another year I was asked to post where I like to keep my purse. This year I was asked to post a tiny heart symbol. You are ONLY supposed to post the answer, but not explain what it means--even when someone asks. Most people have no idea it has anything...
Many people have asked me how I'm able to come up with all these JoJoisms. I think they expect me to reveal some insight to my purposeful creative genius. I think the truth is closer to this. I suffer from insomnia. Getting very little sleep each night does things to a person's state of mind. The brain tends to look at things from a peculiar angle. We see things, not always as they are or even as we wish them to be, but as if we were standing on our heads trying to hold a candle upsidedown in a blizzard. Here's a bit of insight into that...
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Puerile: pu·er·ile adj \ˈpyu̇(-ə)r-əl 1 juvenile 2 childish, silly <puerile remarks> Example I told the teenagers that such puerile behavior would not be tolerated during the ceremony First Known Use: 1652
I'm 49 years old, but I've never lost my sense of silly. In fact, when I get frustrated, my silly takes on a life of it's own. Said silliness happened last week whilst Gundar, my technology gremlin, was on my last nerve. This was the result.
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