Sunday, January 21, 2007

 

extemporaneous \ek-stem-puh-RAY-nee-us\, adjective:

1. Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; impromptu.
2. Prepared beforehand but delivered without notes or text.
3. Skilled at or given to extemporaneous speech.
4. Provided, made, or put to use as an expedient; makeshift.

Anything remotely extemporaneous scares the shit out of me as I am not a very 'quick' person.

Friday, January 12, 2007

 

bowdlerize

\BODE-luh-rise; BOWD-\, transitive verb:
1. To remove or modify the parts (of a book, for example) considered offensive.
2. To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content.


I think my original blog needs a bit of bowdlerizing.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

 

ingrate

(noun) A person who shows no gratitude.
Synonyms: thankless wretch, ungrateful person


Ingrate people are the ones that take you so much for granted that in no time at all you start feeling like a pissant. I hate people with such traits. They are, in one word, inurbane and need to be taught a lesson.

Sunday, January 07, 2007

 

chimerical

\ky-MER-ih-kuhl; -MIR-; kih-\, adjective:
1. Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic.
2. Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies or fantastic schemes.

The notion that "India will become a superpower one day" is chimerical.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

 

The Words So Far

Here is a zabardasti created story making delibrate use of all the words posted so far. Readers are encouraged to make a similar paragraph of their own.:-p

The general was derogated by the then Prime Minister of the state who was behaving
like a flibbertigibbet at the time. She assumed that the general was at her beck and call,
and as such took some asinine decisions leading to folderols which became indelible
from general's mind. The PM had forgotten that not only is it inurbane to treat someone like a
pissant, it gives the impression to the world community that the head of the state is perpetually
inebriated. Procrastinating the general's flights every now and then, getting the heads of the women of state tonsured for no apparent reason and getting the ironmongeries sealed, besides other things had created a situation in which everything seemed to be arsy varsy. The general had a feeling of malaise which was being fuelled day by day by the PM. Although he was utterly impassive throughout the agony, it is plane common sense that there are some things that cant be effaced especially those which hurt someone's ego and anger will always find vent in some form or the other.
Carpe Diem, roared the general and like the puissant one, tried to pull off a putch in the state but in vain. He was arrested, tried and sentenced to death.

Moral of the story- A putch in a democracy is impossibe to pull off:))

 

asinine

as·i·nine –adjective
1.foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid: It is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements.
2.of or like an ass: asinine obstinacy; asinine features.

I know a lot of people who crack asinine jokes and have the audacity to laugh at them too.
However I believe when it comes to test cricket, a batsmen with asinine obstinacy will be an asset for any side. A case in point Jacques Kallis. ;-)

Monday, January 01, 2007

 

putsch


(noun) A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.
Synonyms:coup, coup d'etat, takeover




A putsch in a true democracy will be extremely difficult to pull off.

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