Saturday 12 November 2011

Word(s) for the Day - This is the Dictionary.com "Competition" and Interest for Words

We start: Upon "telepathy", words for the day: apparitions, wraiths, phantasms, spectres and ghosts! Cheers!

Next for the day:
The Introduction of a New Term: Nonsense-Evangelists
by Leonardo F. Olsnes-Lea on Saturday, 29 September 2012 at 01:24 CEST.


Also remember that the Evangelical-Lutheran Church is also on my good side here and outside this new term.
Note: This last term by 2012-09-29, time, 01:30 CEST.

40 comments:

  1. We have more words for THIS day: demagogue, cavalcade, remand, ankh, abysmal, abolistic, consortium, peloton, hydroponics, procurement, reticule, silhouette, dial, viscerate, (block and) tackle, pensées, cervical vertebrae, allegory, allusion, association, van guard, kooks, spooks, intransigence, reciprocal, barley, wheat, oats, rye and, finally, distraught!!! Find your own words, please! Some of them are very exciting! Cheers!

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  2. There are other languages too:
    with "hakuna matata" meaning "no worries"!
    And has its roots under Swahili.
    Ubuntu by my defnition, from the Bantu languages:
    Ubuntu is to connect with others on the emotional level, to feel "with" the rest of humanity. This include the intellectual connection with humanity as well. In this state of Ubuntu one is self-confident and lives to serve humanity the best! Otherwise I side with Nelson Mandela: that one is diminished or distressed, more or less, when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.

    You can also look up "Ubuntu" on Wikipedia! Cheers!

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  3. A couple of words for today: Heath - renewal in common English for the fireplace home??? At least, reminds me of /the warm/ place of the good family (and of course, the motherly love for family, at least traditionally, escaping gun-fire from militant feminists) and and /the/ celebration for the steady family, (attached)common homes in England, fx.
    Dvelve: meditation that I find worthwhile and dvelve is another word for it with the "depth-v" for yourself and work of study! "Composure is important!", remembering the words of PM Neville Chamberlain and declaration of war: "...with calmness and courage!"

    First written to Facebook on the 25. April, 2012 or so!

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    1. One little correction: the word is actually "delve". Sorry!

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  4. "*Paleontology or Palaeontology* (play /ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi/) is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments (their paleoecology). As a "historical science" it attempts to explain causes rather than conduct experiments to observe effects. Palaeontological observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. The science became established in the 18th century as a result of Georges Cuvier's work on comparative anatomy, and developed rapidly in the 19th century. The term itself originates from Greek: παλαιός (palaios) meaning "old, ancient," ὄν, ὀντ- (on, ont-) meaning "being, creature" and λόγος (logos) meaning "speech, thought, study."
    Palaeontology lies on the border between biology and geology, and shares with archaeology a border that is difficult to define. It now uses techniques drawn from a wide range of sciences, including biochemistry, mathematics and engineering. Use of all these techniques has enabled palaeontologists to discover much of the evolutionary history of life, almost all the way back to when Earth became capable of supporting life, about 3,800 million years ago. As knowledge has increased, paleontology has developed specialized sub-divisions, some of which focus on different types of fossil organisms while others study ecology and environmental history, such as ancient climates." - From the article of Wikipedia, 2012/05/10!

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  5. Of course, the word above is more interesting when you contrast it with this:
    "*Archaeology, or archeology*[1] (from Greek ἀρχαιολογία, archaiologia – ἀρχαῖος, arkhaios, "ancient"; and -λογία, -logia, "-logy[2]"), is the study of human activity, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record). Because archaeology employs a wide range of different procedures, it can be considered to be both a science and a humanity,[3] and in the United States it is thought of as a branch of anthropology,[4] although in Europe it is viewed as a separate discipline.
    Archaeology studies human history from the development of the first stone tools in eastern Africa 3.4 million years ago up until recent decades.[5] (Archaeology does not include the discipline of paleontology.) It is of most importance for learning about prehistoric societies, when there are no written records for historians to study, making up over 99% of total human history, from the Palaeolithic until the advent of literacy in any given society.[3] Archaeology has various goals, which range from studying human evolution to cultural evolution and understanding culture history.[6]" - From the article of Wikipedia, 2012/05/10!

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  6. The Introduction of a New Term: Nonsens-Evangelists
    by Leonardo F. Olsnes-Lea on Saturday, 29 September 2012 at 01:24 CEST.

    I (...hereby... well, well now) introduce the World to: _nonsens-evangelists_ (and that this, potentially can include *any*body, warning, warning). This is contrary to the religious evangelists who have been unjustifiably under the fire (as from guns) for so long!

    Also remember that the Evangelical-Lutheran Church is also on my good side here and outside this new term.
    Note: This last term by 2012-09-29, time, 01:30 CEST.

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  7. It seems so hard to admit these people the e of nonsense, but I am compliant to language and this is no exception:
    The Introduction of a New Term: Nonsense-Evangelists
    by Leonardo F. Olsnes-Lea on Saturday, 29 September 2012 at 01:24 CEST.

    I (...hereby... well, well now) introduce the World to: _nonsense-evangelists_ (and that this, potentially can include *any*body, warning, warning). This is contrary to the religious evangelists who have been unjustifiably under the fire (as from guns) for so long!

    Also remember that the Evangelical-Lutheran Church is also on my good side here and outside this new term.
    Note: This last term by 2012-09-29, time, 01:30 CEST.

    Ach... so now the logics for all, this way and /that/?! Cheers!

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  8. connoisseurs - [kon-uh-sur, -soor]
    noun 1. a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
    2. a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses.
    -From Dictionary.com
    I think I can add "knower of taste", "a person of taste".

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  9. Some related words, inherently, to go:
    foreseeing, telepathy, clairvoyance, sagacity, and finally, truthiness! Good? Have a continued nice week-end!

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  10. The Cadeceus (from Wikipedia): "The [C]aduceus (☤; /kəˈdjuːsiːəs/ or /kəˈdjuːʃəs/; from Greek κηρύκειον kērukeion "herald's staff"[2] ) is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of Hera. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings. In Roman iconography it was often depicted being carried in the left hand of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, guide of the dead and protector of merchants, shepherds, gamblers, liars, and thieves.[3]"
    - My own word added: Cadeceus - word from Mercury of the Gods. Fits in nicely with the notion of monks as practitioners of medicine with the current authority of the Christian Churches and others, like from the temples of the far east.

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  11. From Dictionary.com, the "competitor":
    *moral* [mawr-uh l, mor-] adjective
    1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
    2. expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work; moralizing: a moral novel.
    3. founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.
    4. capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
    5. conforming to the rules of right conduct ( opposed to immoral ): a moral man.

    *morale* [muh-ral] noun
    emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.

    Note on General Curtis, Allen C. Fuller.

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  12. Photovoltaics

    The Pope, The Holy See of the Vatican
    Cardinals
    [one more title right above or right below the Cardinals, probably found under The Vatican's YouTube-channel.]
    Archbishop
    [-> Matriarch/Patriarch]
    Exarchs
    Metropolitan
    Bishops
    Priests

    (mSomatism ;-) )

    (and Aspect Warriors too!)

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  13. Deacon (Bishop) is the missing word above.

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  14. While "mensa" is the Latin word for table, I also want to mention, for the fun of it,
    mensa sana corpore sano (which means "a sound mind in a sound body")!
    Mensa is the name for the collected intelligence community of the World (well, well, at least one of them).

    One suggestion for Mensa outside religion and Latin:
    M - mind/mental
    E - education
    N - neural/nominal
    S - standards
    A - assessment

    Some other fun: I now propose mVoodoo for adding tarot-cards to it when already use bones and stones and sticks, well-known voodoo places are blasts to see! (Aside humanitarian issues.)

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  15. After "System, meaning coming up...", I now "get to it" and write it too:

    sys·tem [sis-tuhm]
    noun
    1. an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
    2. any assemblage or set of correlated members: a system of currency; a system of shorthand characters.
    3. an ordered and comprehensive assemblage of facts, principles, doctrines, or the like in a particular field of knowledge or thought: a system of philosophy.
    4. a coordinated body of methods or a scheme or plan of procedure; organizational scheme: a system of government.
    5. any formulated, regular, or special method or plan of procedure: a system of marking, numbering, or measuring; a winning system at bridge.

    From www.Dictionary.com that I use h*ll of a lot...

    Only to write the following more(!): ...

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  16. The English Language and My Competence in English as Proficiency

    English language in influence also by the tourism, in presenting a kind of universal language...
    My estimate, still: 2,4 Bn people or MORE!!!

    Upon the English language's _Significance_ by Wikipedia, I suggest you add TOURISM! I think /the/ prevalent language for tourism has been and is the English language. Also, of course, Wikipedia lists these fine reasons: "Significance"
    See also: "English-speaking world and Anglosphere Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca,[18][19] is the dominant language or in some instances even the required international language of communications, science, information technology, business, seafaring,[20] aviation,[21] entertainment, radio and diplomacy.[22]" - Tourism too, yes??? - Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language#Significance . Also, by positive confirmation, Wikipedia suggests the English users to be: Native speakers 360 million (2010)[2], L2: 375 million and 750 million EFL[3]. Unofficially, I think the number is closer to 2,4 Bn people! 2,4 BILLION PEOPLE, *that many*, a bit more than a 3rd of the World population, with Glo-Network in place and /spreading rapidly/, spread, spread, spread, BE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE...

    "Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca,[18][19] is the dominant language or in some instances even the required international language of communications, science, information technology, business, seafaring,[20]aviation,[21]entertainment, radio and diplomacy.[22] Its s..."

    I also read that Chen of money-university Yale in USA has some interesting views as reported by BBC World News. We're to look into those... (it could have been over understanding and the (white-)energies that come from connecting with people here and there, to take part in a bigger understanding and the complex patterns of human behaviour that this creates, also involving the airport-hotels!!! ;-) (1/2)

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  17. To "English is fun" (!!!): A fun note on the estimates of English language users: So let's go through the English speakers again: sec. Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, some sec. China, sec./off. India, neigh. sec. Indonesia/Phillipines, sec. Malaysia, sec. Singapore (esp. Rico Hizon), various other "some" sec. parts Asia. Sec. various African countries "toward" South Africa/Nelson Mandela/Kofi Annan/IMF-woman of Liberia, much English influence in Africa, also by football. Some sec. Latin-America, prim. USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, much sec. EU (504 Mn) - totalin' 2,4 (god-d*mn) Bn PEOPLE, you "god-d*mn Wiki-counters"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D

    All English language users included, primary and secondary/tertiary.

    Tertiary - language taught as 3rd language... !!!!!! - Counter to 360 + L2: 375 + 750 EFL (L3). What about you? (5 ...qui-s... - quiver, equilibrium, equivalence, ventriquilism, and quilt)

    English... now that I've learnt English since 10 (being older than 35) and interested in role-playing games of highly sophisticated English since 17 (fx. White Wolf and Games Workshop) AND reading (advanced) philosophy since 1998/2000, now in God's year of 2013, March. Result: Advanced level English Linguist!!!

    This also incl. some (first) two years (5+3) of English at Sr. High School with the GCSE. (2/2)

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  18. Remember to consider all the possibilities of the English language, also the group on Facebook that carries the name: "English is fun" .

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  19. Words for the day further:
    "figuratively, euphemistically, ironically, laconically, sarcastically, metaphorically, literally, charicaturely". Have a nice day!

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  20. Bloodletting (by old medicine)
    Decalogue - ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ — n another name for the Ten Commandments
    [C14: from Church Latin decalogus, from Greek, from deka ten + logos word] - From www.dictionary.com.

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  21. Remember that the common word "beast" has at least 3 meanings:
    beast of nature - describing one or several aspects of nature
    The Beast of the Bible - devil/Satan of the Bible
    beast in terms of inner nature of the human being, the animalistic aspect of the human being, mild/restricted/weak to some, strong to others.

    Beast: [beest] noun
    1. any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
    2. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him.
    3. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person.
    4. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this?
    5. the beast, the Antichrist. Rev. 13:18.
    (From www.Dictionary.com .)

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  22. The Pathogenic microorganisms - bacteria, virus, fungi, and parasites. Taken from one of the Nobel Laureates on www.Nobel.se , 2011. Welcome.

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  23. Words for the day:

    ventriquilism, mesmerisation/ing, subterfuge, hypnosis (instant by power, conditioning)

    Murder:
    mur·der [mur-der]
    noun
    1.
    Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
    2.
    Slang. something extremely difficult or perilous: That final exam was murder!
    3.
    a group or flock of crows.
    verb (used with object)
    4.
    Law. to kill by an act constituting murder.
    5.
    to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously.
    6.
    to spoil or mar by bad performance, representation, pronunciation, etc.: The tenor murdered the aria.

    (Source: www.Dictionary.com .)

    To write "murder" can be perceived offensive. Please use (to commit) homicide or kill instead.

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  24. Words for the day. The brain, the parts:

    Pituitary Gland - Hypophysis
    Cerebrum
    Corpus Callosum
    Pineal body - Also known in Descartes' work as pineal gland, the seat of the soul
    Vermis
    Cerebellum
    Spinal cord (into the brain/inside the cranium, up from the spine of the back)
    Medulla Oblongata
    Pons, The
    Oculomotor Nerve
    Medulla
    Hypothalamus
    Thalamus
    Optic Tectum
    Pallium
    Hippocampus
    Basal Ganglia
    Olfactory Bulb
    Lobule
    Fusiform Gyrus
    Claustrum

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    I also add:
    The snail-houses (4) for both the eyes and ears, the cochleas for eyes and the cochleas for the ears

    Here for you: *Alternatively*, check this out, please:
    All Matches NeuroNames Standard Names
    anterior lobe of the cerebellum
    anterior quadrangular lobule
    central lobule
    cerebellar folia
    cerebellar hemisphere
    cerebellar nuclei
    cerebellar tracts
    cerebellar white matter
    cerebellum
    commissures of the cerebellum commissures of the cerebellum
    culmen
    dentate nucleus
    dorsal spinocerebellar tract of the cerebellum
    fastigial nucleus
    flocculonodular lobe
    gracile lobule
    horizontal fissure of the cerebellum
    inferior medullary lamina
    intermediate zone of the cerebellum
    interposed nucleus of the cerebellum
    lateral zone of the cerebellum
    lingula
    medullary body of the cerebellum
    medullary body of the cerebellum
    nodulus
    paramedian zone of the cerebellum
    paravermal zone of the cerebellum
    postcentral fissure of the cerebellum
    posterior lobe of the cerebellum
    posterolateral fissure
    precentral fissure of the cerebellum
    primary fissure of the cerebellum
    pyramis
    simple lobule
    superior medullary lamina
    superior semilunar lobule
    uncinate fasciculus of the pons uncinate fasciculus of the pons
    uvula
    ventral spinocerebellar tract of the cerebellum ventral spinocerebellar tract of the cerebellum
    vermal zone of the cerebellum
    vermis of the anterior lobe
    white laminae of the cerebellum

    From source: http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Search.aspx?searchstring=cerebellum&fromwhere=main .

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  26. Kabbalah → Kabbalahi'ism beside Judaism as Judaism/Kabbalah(i'ism), under presumed/suggested convention.

    Url, Wikip: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah .

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  27. Word for the day: "Torturism" apart from torture.

    Idiot people launch a new concept for the World: "Torturism"!

    Further: "Torturism is simply necessary for the World, ... without [pressed voice] torture ... then nothing. I could DIE! You have to understand!" - From an educated torturer, education from medicine or not, Mr. Anonymous sees no other alternative.

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  28. My definition of Truthiness (rather than Colbert "stealing" the word):

    Truthiness is the belief or asserted suspicion that an issue is true based on the intuition or whatever the sense before a proper investigation and confirmation has taken place only to confirm that one's suspicion has been well placed!

    See also hunch epistemology under The Transmission Argument

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  29. Compare plausibility, veracity, verisimilitude and credibility for logical soundness and scientific worth if you like to! Cheers!

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  30. Let me introduce Heaven-Straight as opposed to Hell-Bent or Hell-Crooked! Hurray for straightness!

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  31. caricature
    ˈkarɪkətjʊə,ˈkarɪkətʃɔː/Send
    noun
    1.
    a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
    "a crude caricature of the Prime Minister"
    synonyms: cartoon, distorted/exaggerated drawing, distortion; More
    verb
    1.
    make or give a caricature of.
    "he was famous enough to be caricatured by Private Eye"
    synonyms: parody, satirize, lampoon, mimic, ridicule, mock, make fun of, burlesque; distort, exaggerate; informalsend up, take off
    "she has turned her acute eye and pen to caricaturing her fellow actors"

    My twist: caricaturely

    I've accidentally written "charicaturely" while intending to write the word caricaturely. So, today, it's the Word of the Day!

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  32. Inspired by Lois Pasteur and his "Fortune favors the prepared mind", I have this, "preparation by information serendipity".

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  33. Eschatology

    - "is a part of theology concerned with the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity. This concept is commonly referred to as the "end of the world" or "end times".[1]
    The word arises from the Greek ἔσχατος eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of", and was first used in English around 1844.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines eschatology as "the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind".[3]"

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology

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  34. Word for the day:
    Black humour or gallows humour, really an unwanted and expensive type of humour that one laughs of in the dark hours of life.

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  35. "Vampires" today: people who exhaust you at a distance, that they have a special mentality for you by that, exhausting you. The myth as it has been intended, IMO. The exhausting can go all the way to make you unable to move. At this point, the "vampire" is very dangerous and may kill you!

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  36. (Norwegian, translation to English sooner or later, Google Translate?)

    Om "nasjonsbygging" som eufemisme (About "Nationbuilding" as Euphemism)

    I tiden etter AP-mafiaen og Jens G. Stoltenberg, gjerne som bedrag mot befolkningen så vil jeg gjerne gjøre en tanke om ordet "nasjonsbygging".

    Venstresiden med Nazi-Sosialistene (ved for eksempel NSDAP) der ute i det svarte har selvfølgelig ingen problemer med nasjonsbygging (eller Nazionalbygging, om du vil) så det jeg tenker er at ordet nasjonsbygging burde unngås for oss på høyresiden i norsk politikk.

    Det er flere grunner til dette:
    1. Engasjement for navnet og nasjonen Norge burde være nevnt ved patriotisme som gjerne har en mer kantiansk etisk og moralsk historie uten at man mister noe særlig ved å bruke det enn "nasjonalbygging".
    2. Nasjonalbygging kan forstås svært negativt ved at mennesker ofres i nasjonens og det kollektives navn (også ved urimelig skattelegging eller skatteøkninger) fordi at Norge liksom skal gjøre et "kjempeløft" eller gjennomføre en slags nasjonal oppgave. Les derfor også nasjonalbygging som unnskyldning for å gå ned et par trapper og inn på Justisdepartementet og be om mere "voodoo, blod magi, monkey business" over det ganske land, gjerne for å tilfredsstille noe ganske annet enn nasjonsbygging, nemlig ondskapen i seg selv og hos andre.
    3. Nasjonsbygging kan også brukes i sammenheng med å gi en offentlig godkjennelse for alle mulige løgner, forræderier og annen kriminalitet man har begått i Statens tjeneste, enten innenlands eller utenlands. Det kan derfor også være signalet om at fremtidig skammelig adferd også er greit!

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  37. (In Norwegian. Sorry. Over idioms, aphorisms)
    Språk:
    Når man sier "det er av sine egne man skal ha det!" så synes jeg det passer utmerket for de som ikke evner å velge venner og kanskje ikke respektere venner heller, men altså velger Monster-venner istedet. Unødvendig å si det kanskje, men de får det vanskelig! "Også sitter plutselig dolken i ryggen, ikke sant?!" Så lækkert!

    Jeg holder meg til "like barn leker best", altså "peer to peer" og "among peers"! Da altså: kloakk-menneskene til seg selv og det har jeg absolutt ingen problemer med gitt at de ikke får hverken riktig psykiatrisk behandling pga korrupsjon og ukultur eller (terminal) palliativ behandling fordi j*velskapet har blitt for mye!

    Bra eller? Så kan de ha det der: Det ER av sine egne man skal ha det!

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  38. Word of the day
    Please, compare:
    Rotshreck, catatonia and terror (state terrorism from France, originally)

    "Best wishes, the Grim Reaper!" (avenging the injustices against the dead!)

    The internet can be "fixed". See what it did to "political attempt"!

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