Random Word of the Day: Amorphous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (amorphos) "without form, shapeless, deformed" (itself from α- (a-) "without" + μορφή (morphē) "form") + the English suffix -ous

Pronunciation

Adjective

amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)

•     lacking a definite form or clear shape

        E.g :The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.

•     being without definite character or nature

•     lacking organization or unity

    (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.

    (set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets

Derived terms

•     amorphism

•     amorphously

Synonyms

•     formless

•     shapeless

Hospital Lingo

Frequent Flyer- A repeat customer to the emergency department, often a patient with chronic medical problems, who can't afford to go anywhere else.

Weekend Syndrome- When doctors covering for a colleague on the weekend won't make important decisions, particularly end-of-life ones.

Code brown- A bed full of excrement.." GOT A CODE BROWN IN 214".

GOMER- Short for "get out of my emergency room"- a patient you dread.

Acute lead poisoning- A gunshot wound.

Random Word of the Day

in·cor·ri·gi·ble           /inˈkôrijəbəl/

Adjective:

(of a person or their tendencies) Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

Synonyms:

irredeemable - unimprovable - irreparable - irreclaimable

Examples of INCORRIGIBLE

• an incorrigible habit of playing practical jokes
• He is always the class clown and his teachers say he is incorrigible.
• The incorrigible maleness of men is a standing rebuke to the Rousseau-inspired notions of human moral plasticity that are central to liberalism. —Richard Lowry, National Review, 3 July 2000
• At the heart of Roosevelt's style in foreign affairs was a certain incorrigible amateurism. His off-the-cuff improvisations, his airy tendency to throw out half-baked ideas, caused others to underrate his continuity of purpose … —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., American Heritage, May/June 1994
• Eating fugu … is an exotic custom that probably would appeal to every incorrigible mountain climber, skydiver and bungee-jumper in America. Why? The fugu is poisonous—and there's no antidote. —Max Friedman, Vegetarian Times, October 1993
• Yes, this is a book about America … all seen through the fairy-book life of an incorrigible kid, abandoned by his parents and brought up in a reformatory … —Stephen Jay Gould, New York Times Book Review, 7 May 1989

typo errors and what not

Would you dare buying and eating this after getting it from a bakery? LoL. So what you think it should be? Hot dogs with Eggs or something else.

Picture courtesy of Solomon Teo.

crossword obsession

My current obsession now is doing crosswords puzzles. There is a lot of sites offering free online crosswords puzzles. It really a good exercise of the brain.

Word of the day

CORRIGIBLE

: capable of being set right : reparable
— cor·ri·gi·bil·i·ty noun
Examples of CORRIGIBLE



Origin of CORRIGIBLE


Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere
First Known Use: 15th century

Jason Mraz: Tour is a four letter word 2012

Thanks Mix.fm for giving me the pair of free tickets.

Mr Fad my concert partner in crime.

The crowd before the show.

 This is my second concert. Thanks to Mix.fm for giving out tickets for show. This is Jason Mraz second tour after his first back in 2009 at Stadium Negara.

Overall it was a show with a longer set of song list. A mix of songs from Waiting for my rocket to come, Mr.A-z, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal things and his current album Love is a four letter Word we performed throughout the 2 hour plus show.

One thing I noticed that  was missing from the show is Toca Rivera, the fun loving, burly bongo player, who usually backs up Jason on most of his shows. Because of that I felt that the energy was a little less than the previous show which had Toca in it.( It's rumoured that he is doing his own project at the moment(

Overall, Jason is a class act, with a consistent and strong vocals throughout his set-list of songs. The sound system employed that day also is much better then the one when he performed at Stadium Negara. He sounded more clearer. What I love about him is his fun loving energy, and that night he didn't disappoint me and the rest that was there that night.

Highlight of the show:

• Everyone giving high fives and low ones during dynamo of volition
• The sing a long to You and I both, The Remedy( I won't worry), and I'm Yours.
• A southern style preaching from Jason about love
• Sang operatically on Mr Curiosity. His voice was seriously insane when he sang it.
• Asking kids to thank their fathers for buying them tickets to watch his song. Dedicate the song Frank D. Fixer to all dads. Poignant moment.

Setlist

Everything Is Sound 

Freedom 

The Dynamo of Volition 

A Beautiful Mess 

The women i love + reprise 

Unfold 

You and I both (hoot solo) 

i'm coming over (hoot) 

Living in the Moment 

Frank D. Fixer 

Remedy 

Mr. Curiosity 

Only Human 

Make It Mine 

Lucky 

Butterfly 

I'm Yours 

Encore:

Bella Luna 

93 Million Miles 

I Won't Give Up 

*UPDATED*





Related article:

• Mr-a-z concert review 2009( My first Jason Mraz Concert)
• Jason Mesmerizes KL( The Star)
• review jason mraz live stadium merdeka (step red now. blogspot)
• gambar muzik jason mraz pukau peminat di stadium merdeka kl (Rotikaya.com)
• Jason mraz his band live in kl 2012 (Pypylamb.blogspot)
• tangled in love ( New Straits Time)
• Spellbound by Jason Mraz (The Sun Daily)

Word of the day

Fooping ( A combination of food and shopping)
A slang used by mostly woman who loves to eat food and at the same time shops

Words of the day

word: lynching

Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that arise in communities, such as charivari, riding the rail, and tarring and feathering. Lynchings have been more frequent in times of social and economic tension, and have often been the means used by the politically dominant population to oppress.

More on lynching:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching (wikipedia)

Used in John Grisham's novel, The Chamber. Page 303

word: pedantic [puh-dan-tik]

adjective

1. ostentatious in one's learning
2. overly concerned with minute details of formalisms, especially in teaching.

Example Sentences

Adjective 

• At times, such pedantic details stop the plot cold.
• Not to be pedantic, but there appears to be a unit conversion error here.
• They introduce a visually inert dimension and force a pedantic reference to Asian antiquity.
• While you're technically correct, you're being pedantic
• Not to go all pedantic or anything, but "irregardless" is not a word.
• He talks quickly, with pedantic precision.
• His pleasantly pedantic essays are no longer either novel or informing.
• It's not pedantic, just practical, and I agree with these guidelines.

Used in the movie Midnight in Paris starring Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard and Rachel McAdams.

word of the day

manky [ˈmæŋkɪ]

adj mankier, mankiest Slang

1. worthless, rotten, or in bad taste

2. dirty, filthy, or bad

Example: "That is seriously one manky sweater you are wearing!!".

Word of the day

Selenogy- the Scientific study of the moon
Selenography-  a subsidary of Selenogy and a study of the surface and physical features of the moon(derive from the Greek word from the deity Selena and  Grapho meaning I write)

Related articles

• "Do some parts of the moon have the same amount of water as the earth?" and related posts (johnrlott.blogspot.com)
• Scientists detect Earth-equivalent amount of water within the moon (spacefellowship.com)
• Lunar water brings portions of Moon's origin story into question (eurekalert.org)
• Scientists detect Earth-equivalent amount of water within the moon (eurekalert.org)

word of the day

guess·ti·mate

         n. Informal

An estimate based on conjecture.

vb:

to form a guesstimate of

Example:

my speedometer, tachometer, signal lights, odometer all kaputed once. it was awesome. was guesstimating my speed throughout the whole journey :D

local word 101

word: tight

local Malaysian context: Feeling stress or restless or overwhelm with emotions on a particular incident or matter

E.G: Person A: Why so tight? It just a joke lah!

        Person B: Hrmmmm....it's offensive

Word of the day

Ambivalence is a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing. Stated another way, ambivalence is the experience of having thoughts and emotions of both positive and negative valence toward someone or something. A common example of ambivalence is the feeling of both love and hatred for a person. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences uncertainty or indecisiveness concerning something. The expressions "cold feet" and "sitting on the fence" are often used to describe the feeling of ambivalence.

The word "ambivalent" derives from the Latin prefix ambi, meaning "both" and valence which is derived from the Latin valentia, meaning "strength". It is common to use the word "ambivalent" to describe a lack of feelings one way or the other towards issues or circumstances. A more specific and conventionally accepted word to use in this case, however, would be "indifferent". A good way to remember proper usage is to remember that the prefix ambi means "both", so if you are "ambivalent", you have both positive and negative feelings towards something, or have feelings for both sides of an issue.

Ambivalence is experienced as psychologically unpleasant when the positive and negative aspects of a subject are both present in a person's mind at the same time. This state can lead to avoidance or procrastination, or to deliberate attempts to resolve the ambivalence. When the situation does not require a decision to be made, people experience less discomfort even when feeling ambivalent.

word of the day

bumpo-phobic(Pronounce:bu-hh-am-poh foh-bic)  also known as bump-o-phobic(pronounce:buh-am-po-h foh-bic)

definition: A person who is totally afraid of driving their cars over speed bumps.

example of the usage of this particular word:

Kee Weng: eh!!..I go pick you up at around 10pm at Kenang Selalu. I am bump-o-phobic man when it comes the road at your neighbourhood.

Sully:owhhh I totally understand why you are man, because there are so many speedbumps at Bunga Raya

Apakah dia?

Cuba jawab persoalan ini:

Wujud di hujung dunia

Duduk di tengah orang

Lebih pada nama kurang pada rupa

Kecil di China besar di Arab

Ada di sana tiada di sini

Ada besar tiada kecil 

Dua di atas dua di bawah

Dua di kanan tiada di kiri 

Satu pada emak dua pada ayah

Ada dekat ayam tiada pada itik 

tidak dirindu tapi lebih pada sayang

Apakah dia?

Harimau laut

sea lions= harimau laut

-Renee Tiun-

the world changed since then

Word of the day

ideate • \EYE-dee-ayt\ 

*1 : to form an idea or conception of

2 : to form an idea

Example Sentence:

Joshua first ideated his vision of a water garden for his backyard after he went on a sightseeing tour of water fountains in Kansas City.

Did you know?

Like "idea" and "ideal," "ideate" comes from the Greek verb "idein," which means "to see." The sight-thought connection came courtesy of Plato, the Greek philosopher who based his theory of the ideal on the concept of seeing, claiming that a true philosopher can see the essential nature of things and can recognize their ideal form or state. Early uses of "idea," "ideal," and "ideate" in English were associated with Platonic philosophy; "idea" meant "an archetype" or "a standard of perfection," "ideal" meant "existing as an archetype," and "ideate" referred to forming Platonic ideas. But though "ideate" is tied to ancient philosophy, the word itself is a modern concoction, relatively speaking. It first appeared in English only about 400 years ago. 

edentulous

The Word of the Day for March 25, 2009 is:

edentulous • \ee-DEN-chuh-luss\ • adjective

: having no teeth : toothless

Example Sentence:

Thanks to improvements in public health and dental care in the 20th century, far fewer Americans are edentulous when they enter their golden years.

Did you know?

"Edentulous" comes to English directly from the Latin word "edentulous," which in turn comes from the Latin prefix "e-," meaning "missing" or "absent," and the Latin root "dent-," meaning "tooth." This root is at work in many familiar English words that relate to teeth, including "dental," "dentist," and "denture." It is also found in "edentate," a less common word that functions as a noun referring to an order of mammals with few or no teeth (e.g. sloths and armadillos), and as an adjective describing such mammals. "Edentate" is also sometimes used as a synonym of "edentulous."