My annual list of words I learned in 2008:
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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!
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PP, of course you know those last two. ;)
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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.