There used to be a Southern-regional cigarette brand called Picayune. One of the few (only?) American cigarettes made with the powerfully strong-smelling caporal tobacco. Sort of an American Gauloise cigarette for Southerners. My uncle used to smoke Picayunes, even after the brand became quite rare.
There's also a Picayune, Mississippi, and the quite well-known Times-Picayune daily newspaper in New Orleans.
Heteroskedasticity OUGHT to mean "a tendency to skedaddle for a variety of reasons."
Thomas - these are just those words I learned which are not proper nouns, not mere technical jargon, and that I could remember long enough to record in a post when I got back to the laptop. ;) I'm sure there are many more that slipped my mind before I could write them down. But I still think it's fun to keep track of as many as I can each year.
I knew five of those: picayune, exabyte, tsuris, ceteris paribus, and mutatis mutandis.
I only know 4 of those-- time to educate myself, I guess!
Have you seen Wordie ? The site motto is, "Like Flickr, but without the photos." It sort of a social network for making and sharing word lists.
PP, of course you know those last two. ;)
There used to be a Southern-regional cigarette brand called Picayune. One of the few (only?) American cigarettes made with the powerfully strong-smelling caporal tobacco. Sort of an American Gauloise cigarette for Southerners. My uncle used to smoke Picayunes, even after the brand became quite rare.
There's also a Picayune, Mississippi, and the quite well-known Times-Picayune daily newspaper in New Orleans.
Heteroskedasticity OUGHT to mean "a tendency to skedaddle for a variety of reasons."
Indeed, Emory - I'd heard of the Times-Picayune and always thought "Picayune" was a proper noun! This year I learned it's also an adjective.
Lo5an, love the website recc!
Can't believe you haven't learned more words -- sure you haven't left lots of words out. I learn a new word almost every day!
Happy New Year!
Thomas
Indeed! My Latin is impeccable.
Thomas - these are just those words I learned which are not proper nouns, not mere technical jargon, and that I could remember long enough to record in a post when I got back to the laptop. ;) I'm sure there are many more that slipped my mind before I could write them down. But I still think it's fun to keep track of as many as I can each year.