Word of the Week: Impetuous

Impetuous

Definition: of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion; impulsive: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought

Sentence: Planning, organizing and good judgement will prevent you from making impetuous decisions.

Word of the Week: Ostentatious

OSTENTATIOUS - an apparent show in attempt to impress others; intended to attract notice

Lady Gaga is always most ostentatious on the red carpet.

Word Of the Week: Inhibition

Inhibition - something that restrains; unfitting suppression of behavior often due to guilt or fear produced by past suffering

Sentence: Once your mind is free of its INHIBITIONS you will be free.

Word of the Week: Dichotomy

Dichotomy (dahy-kot-uh-mee)

Definition: division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups

Sentence: We are going to examine the dichotomy between baby momma's/baby daddy's & marriage

Word of the Week: Vernal

Vernal -

1. of or pertaining to spring; springlike

2. belonging to or characteristic of youth


Winter comes in to make nature nocturnal
Then Spring brings forth an awakening diurnal
The flowers begin to bloom
Tree buds pop like a kernel
Out of mother natures womb
All life becomes vernal



(click play!) AND

Spring awakens young Americans libido
Beaches full of hormone raging people
Bikini tops, Flip Flops and booty revealing thongs
MAN! what took spring time so long
Body rockin', P-poppin' on a hand stand
Where Am I?
Why Am I Naked?
And who the hell is Stan?
Sleep it off
Wake up
AND DO IT ALL AGAIN!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

HOPE YUH LIKED IT!

DAFONZARELLI
MAKEIVELLI
OUT!!!!!

AYE

Word of the Week: Synergistic

Synergistic - pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, ect.

or simply...

the cooperative action of two things to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects.

Synergy, or synergism, for the most part, pertains to a scientific effect on chemicals and/or muscles. I perceive synergy just as applicable to sociological interaction, or how we get along with others.

This is regardless of personal feelings for another person. There may be situation where a person that you get along with, or are fond of, but can never accomplish a meaningful task with this person. On the flip side, there are people who you may find annoying, or just do not like, but will have an uncanny ability to work well together and get things done. This is not to say that the opposite can not be true for both statements.

So for this week draw awareness of your synergy and identify the persons whom, when you form cooperative action with, help you to produce a greater effect than you on your own...

and the persons that cause you a lesser effect than you on your own.

Dafonzarelli
Makievellli
is out!!!!

AYE

Word of the Week: Specious

Specious -

1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive.

Leading into the current economic crisis, many banks gave out specious loans to home buyers, where the loans looked to be affordable but in the end were not.

I acknowledge that the solution should overshadow the problem but sometime we need to find the source of the problem in order to find the proper solution.

Word of the Week: Spurious

Spurious - not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.

Former Vice President, Dick Cheney, was as spurious, as were his comments, about the economic crisis, the Bush and the Obama administrations. This is nothing new though because he was just as spurious about the war in Iraq.


See for yourself...

Word of the Week: ostentatious

ostentatious - characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: intended to attract notice

Rush Limbaugh is an ostentatious orator, who is using his radio show to openly advocate for the failure of President Obama.



I can not believe the amount of media attention this degenerate is receiving. I mean, he works on radio for a reason...

Because he's too UGLY for TV.

Word of the Week: Efficacious

I am aware the Black History Month is over but I started a week late so I'll wrap it up on this word of the week. I'm choosing Malcolm X, as last week, February 21, was the anniversary of his assasination.

efficacious - capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc

Malcolm X was efficacious for the civil rights movement. His ability to draw large crowds for his speeches, all over the country, was instrumental to the advocacy of African American rights.

Quotes

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

Malcolm X

Word Of the Week: Avant-Garde

Avant-Garde
(1) of or pertaining to the experimental treatment of artistic, musical, or literary material.
(2) unorthodox or daring; radical.
(3) radically new or original



On this day, February 23, back in 1868, a prominent figure in Black History, W.E.B. DuBois, Was Born. Dubois was an avant-garde Civil Rights Activist and sociologist. He explored many avenues in an attempt to correct America's faux pas of racism the 20th century.

Word of the Week: Audacious

Audacious -
(1) extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless:
(2) extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive:
(3) recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen

In continuing in the Black History Month theme, for this weeks word of the week, I'll use a popular figure in black history, Frederick Douglass. I guess, there is really no need to go into what he has done with his life.

Frederick Douglass was audacious in speaking out against slavery, despite, at the time, being a slave himself.


Last week I had the privilege of speaking to my 9 year old niece, she was all excited to tell me about what she learned about Madam CJ Walker (ironically I had did a post on the same day she called). Strange thing was that her version of events withheld the very important portion of information, that Madam CJ Walker was a slave before she became a self-made millionaire. Why is that so important?, you may ask. Well, its not to keep the stigma of slavery on the hearts of Black/African American youth but I think its inspiring, to even non-black/African American children, to learn that a person born in slavery(or in slavery times) can become a millionaire in America.

I mean, is that not what black history month is about?

"What was possible for me is possible for you. Do not think because you
are colored you cannot accomplish anything. Strive earnestly to add to your
knowledge. So long as you remain in ignorance, so long will you fail to command
the respect of your fellow men."

~ Frederick Douglass

Word of the Week: Perspicacious

Perspicacious - having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning

In Honor of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I'm choosing, for this week's word of the week, a person whom I had the opportunity of doing a report on back in elementry school. I did not choose this person he was actually deligated to me by my 5th grade teacher but I have never forgotten the history of this person. The person I'm referring to is Ralph Bunche, he was the first 'person of color' to win the Nobel Peace Prize(1950), a prize he won for mediations between Jews and Palestinians back in the late 1940's. In addition to being a diplomat, Bunche was also widely know for his continual ties to the education field and worked for prestine universities such as, Havard and Howard. Not to mention, that as a prominent African American of that time, he was impelling and expressive during the civil rights movement as well.

Ralph Bunche was perspicacious in his writting entitled, "A World View of Race", in which he compared racism and class warfare.

Word of the Week: Meretricious

Meretricious

Definition:

1. alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
2. based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.
3. pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute.

Sentence:
After being impeached, last week, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was very meretricious during the press conference held outside of his home.

Word of the Week: Salacious

Salacious

Definistion - lustful or lecherous(erotically suggestive; inciting to lust).

Sentence - Rapper, Lil Kim, was dismayed by the salacious portrayal of her in the Notorious B.I.G. Movie.

(enjoy the salacious photos of Lil Kim)

Word of the Week: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Since its Martin Luther King Day, there is no mystery on who this word or the week will pertain to. Also Dr. King can not be summed up in just one word or sentence, so i have a few word and will use then in a short paragraph.

Halcyon - calm; peaceful; tranquil:

Bucolical - of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.

Ecclesiastical - of or pertaining to a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.

Martyr - a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause:

Since Reverand Martlin Luther King, Jr., there has not been any one, in America, of eccesiastical backgroung to move this nation. His bucolical aura abled him to lead fellow people of color to join him in civil right activism. During the late 1950's and the 1960's, Dr. King was hacylon in his efforts to fight segregation by using methods of boycotys, sit-ins, rallies and marches. Ultimately, On April 4th, 1968, his assasination made him a martyr for racial equality in America.

Word of the Week: Perseverant

Perseverant

Definition - Enduring; persistent.

Sentence - Al Franken was most perseverant during the Minnesota senate race.

Word of the Week: Patsy

Patsy

Definition:

1. a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
2. a person upon whom the blame for something falls; scapegoat; fall guy.
3. a person who is the object of a joke, ridicule, or the like.


NEED I SAY MORE?

Word of the Week: Sophomoric

Sophomoric

Definition
1. Of or characteristic of a sophomore.
2. Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment

I'll even use it in a sentence:

After being president for eight years, George W. Bush's decisions were still of sophomoric behavior.

Word of the Week: Ameliorant

ALRIGHTY THEN...



Y'know when people say things like, "if you look up stupid in the dictionary, your picture would be right next to it"? Well, that what I'm going to do here with these words.



AMELIORANT - to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.














How fitting?