Word of the day

[J.R.]

............and didn't he take Grace in the Dining Hall in our day, David ?

[sejintenej]

............and didn't he take Grace in the Dining Hall in our day, David ?

I was about to write that he was head of the RAF section of the CCF (but RAF became FAF as in FAF about with gliders on the rgby pitches behind Coleridge).

Yes, he was the gavel man.

[Mid A 15]

............and didn't he take Grace in the Dining Hall in our day, David ?

and mine!

[Richard Ruck]

It's Monday - oh joy!

Right, back to religious matters today:

rav

• noun (Judaism) - a rabbi, especially one who holds a position of authority or who acts as a personal mentor. [partly via Yiddish.]

• (Rav) (in orthodox Judaism) a title of respect and form of address preceding a personal name..

— origin from Hebrew and Aramaic rab ‘master’.

Like Rab C. Nesbitt, then.....

[cj]

Are ravs related to chavs?

[J.R.]

Are ravs related to chavs?

I think they are Jewish Chav's !

[Richard Ruck]

In a similar vein:

hierarch

• noun - a chief priest, archbishop, or other leader.

— origin late Middle English : via medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhes, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhes ‘ruler’.

[midget]

This reminds me of work (at DHSS) On one occasion I had to visit a Greek Orthodox bishop, and explain that the person who had made the appointment could not be there because he was Jewish, and had failed to remember that it was Yom Kippur. He didn't mind himself about working, but he claimed his mother would kill him if he did.
He also claimed that Jewish momma jokes are all based on his mother.

[Richard Ruck]

Sorry to insult everyone's intelligence with this one, but those nice people at the OED feel that it's worthy of 'Word of the Day' status :


blitzkrieg

• noun a - n intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

— origin Second World War : from German, literally ‘lightning war’.

Also the inspiration for one of the finest songs by The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop.

Hey ho, let's go.....

[Richard Ruck]

playa

• noun - an area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly.

— origin mid 19th cent. : from Spanish, literally ‘beach’, from late Latin plagia.

[Great Plum]

Nothing to do with players then?

[Richard Ruck]

Back after a brief interlude.....

tekke

• noun (pl. tekkes) - a monastery of dervishes, especially in Ottoman Turkey.

— origin Turkish.

[J.R.]

Back after a brief interlude.....

tekke

• noun (pl. tekkes) - a monastery of dervishes, especially in Ottoman Turkey.

— origin Turkish.

Well, that was worth a WHIRL, Richard !

[Richard Ruck]

Well, that was worth a WHIRL, Richard !

Oh dear!

Well, here's today's:

querencia

• noun - the part of a bullring where the bull takes its stand.

— origin Spanish, literally ‘lair, home ground’, from querer ‘desire, love’, from Latin quaerere ‘seek’.

Not part of my culture, I know, but I do find it hard to understand why people take pleasure in (or even tolerate) the spectacle of animals being tormented for 'sport'............

[Richard Ruck]

One of my favourite words today:


sackbut

• noun - an early form of trombone used in Renaissance music.

— origin late 15th cent. : from French saquebute, from obsolete saqueboute ‘hook for pulling a man off a horse’, from saquer ‘to pull’ + bouter ‘to hit’.