[responsivevoice]subvert[/responsivevoice] [ suhb-vurt ] Quotation: I know that my tendency is to be linear, and I’m trying to find ways to subvert that. And so in ‘Bellocq’s Ophelia’ my device for subverting it was to tell the story and then to tell it again; it always circles back to this one moment, and it’s not […]
[responsivevoice]inert[/responsivevoice] [ in-urt ] Quotation: How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the, in a way, the dumbness of sculpture in a way that acts on us as living things? Anthony Gormley Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch […]
[responsivevoice]stalemate[/responsivevoice] [ steyl-meyt ] Quotation: If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s a stalemate. There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and […]
[responsivevoice]abrogate[responsivevoice] [ ab-ruh-geyt ] Quotation: You know, it’s ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is that God rested, not because Jesus was […]
[responsivevoice]moot[responsivevoice] [ moot ] Quotation: I don’t think that I would always be asked about my feelings about liberal bias in the media if there wasn’t any liberal bias in the media. If it was a moot question, then we wouldn’t always have the discussion. Dana Perino Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]
[responsivevoice]moribund[responsivevoice] [ mawr-uh-buhnd ] Quotation: When I went to get my master’s in creative writing at San Francisco State after Grinnell, I joined the moribund remnants of the Actor’s Workshop, until I saw Kay Hayward and Sandy Archer in the San Francisco Mime Troupe and drove down that day to audition. The rest is history. […]
[responsivevoice]diffidence[responsivevoice] [ dif-i-duh ns ] Quotation: Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. Jane Austen Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/miffed-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]miffed[responsivevoice] [ mift ] Quotation: If you’ve spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever. Brian Eno Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the […]
[responsivevoice]upend[responsivevoice] [ uhp-end ] Quotation: After the global financial crisis of 2008, populist uprisings had sprouted across Europe. Putin and his strategists sensed the beginnings of a larger uprising that could upend the Continent and make life uncomfortable for his geostrategic competitors. Franklin Foer Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice]subversive[responsivevoice] [ suhb-vur-siv ] Quotation: I’ve never been a popular person, but it doesn’t matter. I have everything in my life that I want. I’m not a walking publicity stunt. I’m not an anarchist, or bitter. I’m not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, […]