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Saturday, December 6, 2014

vernacularize: Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day

Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - vernacularize : to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people, recalls an ability to explain complexity in simple terms, and a refreshing naivete as demonstrated:
♪ Oh yes, the girls are repulsed / So I hide in my hood like I’m joining a cult ♪
Preceding excerpt is from “I’m Awesome,” as performed and written by Spose, a rapper from Maine. Without watching the original music video, I heard, “hood,” and thought, “neighbor‘hood’,” when he is singing about the hood on his hoodie ...
From Egocentric Universe: Beauty in the Middle of Crisis, I will concede an influence of German grammar from my studies; I like to place definite articles in front of words like the YouTube, and I like to talk just like Star-fire from Teen Titans Go.
The Significance of Three Little Letters: ‘Ukraine,’ Not ‘the Ukraine’
“U.S. President Barack Obama stood at a local elementary school in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to tout his new budget proposal. But after his opening…”
“To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song.
46:1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam, (Psalm 46:1-3)
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah. . . .”
Their employee uniform is leaving much to be desired for Starfire and Raven are undercover at an outer space casino
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