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Word of the Day #91: Triskaidekaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia - Irrational fear of the number thirteen Triskaidekaphobia is a combination of multiple Greek words. Τρεῖς (tres) three, χαί (kai), δέχα (deka) ten and, or course φόβος (phobos) fear. This word came up in a Greek class this morning, as we were...

Word of the Day #90: Disremember

Disremember: to forget. I ran across this word in The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough.  A book I enjoyed immensely, by the way.  If you are looking for a book capable of inspiring you to work incredibly hard, this may be the book for you. While testing their...

Tip of the Week #276: Make Copies of Your Drivers License

Before traveling, I always make a copy of my passport.  That way, If my passport is ever stolen or lost, I have a back up I can show when I end up at the embassy. Fortunately, this hasn’t happened to me. But, I have lost my wallet overseas.  I needed to rent a car. ...

Goals: Health and fitness are foundational

Health and fitness are foundational Have you ever heard of the fitness brand ASICS? ASICS is an acronym for an old Latin acronym.  It stands for Anima Sana In Corpore Sana. In English, it means a sound mind in a fit body. Like it or not, we need to prioritize our...

Word of the Day #89: Jargon

Jargon This morning, in an online Greek class, we learned some of the rules for Greek accenting.  The rules are complex and full of academic jargon. Later, I thought of what a weird word jargon is.  I wondered where it came from. This is what I found out. Noah...

Tip of the Week #275: Take a break

When I am on my game, I post a word a day on my blog and over at the Visual Latin Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laughatlatin Coming up with a word a day is rather challenging.   Okay.  It’s actually really challenging.  Last week, I didn’t even try....

Word of the Day #88: Bailiwick

Bailiwick: someones special area of knowledge Your bailiwick is your area of expertise.  Bailiwick comes from the word bailiff (an officer of the court) and the Old English word for village, win.  Algebra was not my bailiwick in high school, or in college.  Made me...

Word of the Day #87: JOMO

JOMO - The Joy of Missing Out. I am sure I am behind the curve here. I've known about FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) for a while now. I did not know about the JOMO until today. Just found this word (if it is a word) and I love it. There are a bunch of Rivian trucks...

Goals: Dream Big

Dream big We are going to create a checklist based on our three main goals.   We already have a healthy goal.   We will create a wealthy goal, and a wise goal, as well. Our goals are based on Benjamin Franklin’s quote. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy,...