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gotta feeling that should be :-
aibohphobia = fear of palindromes
aibohphobia = fear of palindromes
jocund: light-hearted; mirthful.
panoply: a splendid or impressive array.
miscreant: a scoundrel, a villain; also, a heretic.
fugacious: lasting but a short time.
respite: an interval of rest or relief.
somnolent: drowsy; also, tending to cause sleepiness.
cavil: to raise trivial objections; also, a trivial objection.
daedal: skillful; artistic; ingenious.
sang-froid: coolness in trying circumstances.
clinquant: tinsel.
assiduous: constant in application or attention.
intractable: not easily governed, managed, or directed.
detritus: debris.
eschew: to shun; to avoid.
apogee: the highest point.
cant: empty, solemn speech.
imbroglio: a complicated and embarrassing state of things.
levity: frivolity.
choler: anger.
inure: to make used to; also, to take or have effect.
bonhomie: pleasant and easy manner.
land of Nod: sleep.
ineffable: incapable of being expressed.
vociferous: clamorous; noisy.
beneficence: the practice of doing good.
plenary: full; complete.
lassitude: lack of vitality or energy.
chary: wary; cautious.
descry: to catch sight of; to detect.
cynosure: a center of attention.
fin de siecle: characteristic of the close of the century; sophisticated; world-weary.
segue: to proceed without interruption.
palimpsest: an object or place whose older layers or aspects are apparent.
bete noire: something or someone particularly detested or avoided.
farrago: an assortment; a medley.
expatiate: to speak or write at length.
nadir: the lowest point.
protean: readily assuming different shapes or forms.
fulsome: offensive from excess of praise.
constitutional: a walk taken for one's health.
quondam: former; sometime.
sinecure: an office or position that involves little work or responsibility.
vainglory: excessive pride or vain display.
canard: an unfounded or false report.
gainsay: to contradict; to deny.
portend: to foreshadow; to bode.
ratiocination: the process of reasoning.
equivocate: to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear.
frisson: a brief moment of intense excitement.
tchotchke: a trinket; a knickknack.
inveigh: to rail (against some person or thing).
propound: to put forward for consideration.
acrid: sharp and harsh; bitter.
lachrymose: given to causing tears.
fop: a man who is vain about his dress and appearance.
defenestrate: to throw out of a window.
brio: vigor; vivacity.
supercilious: disdainfully arrogant.
gesticulate: to make gestures or motions.
probity: complete and confirmed integrity.
inveterate: deep-rooted; of long standing.
Hobson's choice: a choice without an alternative.
A boycott is the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some other organization as an expression of protest.
The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and is derived from the name of Captain Charles Boycott, the estate agent of an absentee landlord, the Earl Erne, in County Mayo, Ireland, who was subject to social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. In September that year protesting tenants demanded from Boycott a substantial reduction in their rents. He not only refused but also ejected them from the land. Charles Stewart Parnell, in his Ennis Speech proposed that, rather than resorting to violence, everyone in the locality should refuse to deal with him. Despite the short-term economic hardship to those undertaking this action, Boycott soon found himself isolated—his workers stopped work in the fields and stables, as well as the house. Local businessmen stopped trading with him, and the local postman refused to deliver mail.
The concerted action taken against him meant that Boycott was unable to hire anyone to harvest the crops in his charge. Eventually 50 Orangemen from Cavan and Monaghan volunteered to harvest his crops. They were escorted to and from Claremorris by one thousand policemen and soldiers—this despite the fact that Boycott's complete social ostracism meant that he was actually in no danger of being harmed. Moreover, this protection ended up costing far more than the harvest was worth. After the harvest, the "boycott" was successfully continued. Within weeks Boycott's name was everywhere. It was used by The Times in November 1880 as a term for organized isolation. According to an account in the book “The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland” by Michael Davitt, the term was coined by Fr. John O'Malley of County Mayo to "signify ostracism applied to a landlord or agent like Boycott". The Times first reported on November 20, 1880: “The people of New Pallas have resolved to 'boycott' them and refused to supply them with food or drink.” The Daily News wrote on December 13, 1880: “Already the stoutest-hearted are yielding on every side to the dread of being 'Boycotted'.” By January of the following year, the word was being used figuratively: "Dame Nature arose....She 'Boycotted' London from Kew to Mile End" (The Spectator, January 22, 1881).
On December 1, 1880 Captain Boycott left his post and withdrew to England, with his family.
[edit] Examples of Boycotts
1769 - In opposition of "taxation without representation," American colonial boycott of British trade goods.
1830 - Boycott of slave-produced goods.
1880 - The boycott of Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League
Boycott of Japanese products in China after the May Fourth Movement.
The boycott of British goods in December 1921 by Mahatma Gandhi, known as the swadeshi policy. Gandhi also urged people to boycott British educational institutions and law courts, to resign from government employment, and to forsake British titles and honours.
Regional bus service by African Americans during the United States civil rights movement, late 1950s and 1960s
the United Farm Workers union's grape and lettuce boycotts
the Arab League boycott of Israel and companies trading with Israel
the boycott of South Africa by a large part of the world's countries during its apartheid period
1994 - National Right to Life Committee, United States boycott of Hoechst Marion Roussel branded prescription drugs including Altace
The 1976, 1980 and 1984 olympic boycotts
[edit] Earlier examples
Although the term itself was not coined until 1880, the practice dates back to at least 1830, when the National Negro Convention encouraged a boycott of slave-produced goods. Other instances of boycotts are their use by African Americans during the US civil rights movement; the United Farm Workers union grape and lettuce boycotts; the American boycott of British goods at the time of the American Revolution; the Indian boycott of British goods organized by Mohandas Gandhi;
etcetc
It was smegma.
She said it was la naturale, to relish the aroma and bon appetit.
Catharsis : Merriam - Webster says ....
1: purgation
2 a: purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art b: a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension
3: elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression
In Psychology terms this leads to abreaction.
an arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price... (or bets concurrently on both horses in a two horse race etc)
Betting arbitrage, .... is a particular case of arbitrage arising on betting markets due to either bookmakers' different opinions on event outcomes or plain errors. By placing one bet per each outcome with different betting companies, the bettor can make a profit.
... In the bettors' slang an arbitrage is often referred to as an arb; people who use arbitrage are called arbers.
ar·bi·trage
-noun
1. Finance. the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities, commodities, or foreign exchange in different markets to profit from unequal prices.
2. Archaic. arbitration.
–verb (used without object)
3. Finance. to engage in arbitrage.
n. The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.
intr.v. ar·bi·traged, ar·bi·trag·ing, ar·bi·trag·es
To be involved in arbitrage.
noun
1. a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
verb
1. practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
PS make that $20.80 dohi.e. for an outlay of (666.70+312.50 =) $979.20, you collect $1000.
Profit = $21.80 , or 2%
i.e. whoever wins, (assuming it's a two horse race), you win.
The antipodes refer to lands and peoples located on the opposite side of the world compared to the speaker.[1] This has a general, linguistic meaning and a technical, geographical meaning.
In geography, the antipodes (from Greek αντίποδες[2], from anti- "opposed" and pous "foot") of any place on Earth is its antipodal point; that is, the region on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it. Two points which are antipodal to one another are connected by a straight line through the centre of the Earth.
In vernacular British English and Irish English, "The Antipodes" is sometimes used to refer to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and "Antipodeans" to their inhabitants.
By contrast, under the geographical definition, the antipodes of Great Britain and Ireland are in the Pacific Ocean, south of New Zealand. The antipodes of Australia are in the North Atlantic Ocean, while parts of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco are antipodal to New Zealand.
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