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Friday, August 3, 2007
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Here's another phrase origin for you...
In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room
with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down
from the wall, and was used for dining. The "head of the
household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate
sitting on the floor.
Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would be
invited to sit in this chair during a meal. To sit in the
chair meant you were important and in charge. They called
the one sitting in the chair the "chair man." Today in
business, we use the expression or title "Chairman" or
"Chairman of the Board."
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WEEKLY WORD-MATCH
******** ARE YOU READY TO TEST YOUR WORD KNOWLEDGE? ********
Match the words in the left-hand column with the correct
definition in the right-hand column. The answer key is
listed at the bottom of this newsletter.
1. maven A. An about-face
2. formicary B. A cowardly buffoon
3. gimcrack C. A soft rustling
4. scaramouch D. An anthill
5. prescind E. Somebody who is an expert in a certain
field.
6. missive F. A written message
7. volte-face G. Tearful; easily moved to tears
8. concinnity H. A trivial mechanism
9. sough I. Studied elegance of design or arrangement
10. maudlin J. To detach the mind from something
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OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS
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1) slimsy slimzee (adjective)
: both slight and flimsy
Mid-19th century. Blend of slim and flimsy.
2) deipnosophist dyp-NOS-uh-fist (noun)
: someone who is skilled in table talk.
Deipnosophist comes from the title of a work written by
the Greek Athenaeus in about 228 AD, Deipnosophistai, in
which a number of wise men sit at a dinner table and
discuss a wide range of topics. It is derived from
deipnon, "dinner" + sophistas, "a clever or wise man."
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WEEKLY WORD-MATCH
ANSWER KEY
1. maven E. Somebody who is an expert in a certain
field.
2. formicary D. An anthill
3. gimcrack H. A trivial mechanism
4. scaramouch B. A cowardly buffoon
5. prescind J. To detach the mind from something
6. missive F. A written message
7. volte-face A. An about-face
8. concinnity I. Studied elegance of design or arrangement
9. sough C. A soft rustling
10. maudlin G. Tearful; easily moved to tears
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