To be ignorant of ones ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
Bronson Alcott
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Vocabulary lesson - this one is directed northward for someone who really could use an education
avarice
–noun
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
hypocrisy
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
pharisaism
–noun
1. the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
2. (lowercase) rigid observance of external forms of religion or conduct without genuine piety; hypocrisy.
sanctimonius
–adjective
1. making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.
shrew
–noun
a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
virago
–noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1. a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
old maid
–noun
1. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
2. a fussy, timid, prudish person.
blue nose
–noun
1. a puritanical person; prude.
pecksniffian
–adjective (often lowercase)
hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
rumormonger
–noun
a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
simpleton
–noun
an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
Synonyms:
dolt, fool, numskull, blockhead, ninny, dope.
nescience
–noun
1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.
philistine
–noun
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
–adjective
3. (sometimes initial capital letter) lacking in or hostile to culture.
4. smugly commonplace or conventional.
churl
-noun
1. a rude, boorish, or surly person.
2. a peasant; rustic.
3. a niggard; miser: He was a churl in his affections.
supposititious
–adjective
1. fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
nefarious
-adjective
Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
peccant
–adjective
1. sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
2. violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.
parasite
-noun
2. a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others.
3. (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc.
egocentric
-adjective
1. having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things: an egocentric philosophy that ignores social causes.
2. having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered: an egocentric person; egocentric demands upon the time and patience of others.
Are you a false Christian?
http://kaipneumatos.blogspot.com/2005/04/are-you-false-christian.html
You can claim to be a Christian, shove it down people's throats, etc. BUT I have yet to see any example of Christian behavior, morals, generosity, respectability or humanity towards others from you. At least I don't pretend to be what I am not.
–noun
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
hypocrisy
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
pharisaism
–noun
1. the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
2. (lowercase) rigid observance of external forms of religion or conduct without genuine piety; hypocrisy.
sanctimonius
–adjective
1. making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.
shrew
–noun
a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
virago
–noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1. a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
old maid
–noun
1. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. an elderly or confirmed spinster.
2. a fussy, timid, prudish person.
blue nose
–noun
1. a puritanical person; prude.
pecksniffian
–adjective (often lowercase)
hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
rumormonger
–noun
a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
simpleton
–noun
an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
Synonyms:
dolt, fool, numskull, blockhead, ninny, dope.
nescience
–noun
1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.
philistine
–noun
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
–adjective
3. (sometimes initial capital letter) lacking in or hostile to culture.
4. smugly commonplace or conventional.
churl
-noun
1. a rude, boorish, or surly person.
2. a peasant; rustic.
3. a niggard; miser: He was a churl in his affections.
supposititious
–adjective
1. fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
nefarious
-adjective
Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
peccant
–adjective
1. sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
2. violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.
parasite
-noun
2. a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others.
3. (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc.
egocentric
-adjective
1. having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things: an egocentric philosophy that ignores social causes.
2. having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered: an egocentric person; egocentric demands upon the time and patience of others.
Are you a false Christian?
http://kaipneumatos.blogspot.com/2005/04/are-you-false-christian.html
You can claim to be a Christian, shove it down people's throats, etc. BUT I have yet to see any example of Christian behavior, morals, generosity, respectability or humanity towards others from you. At least I don't pretend to be what I am not.
Good news!
Item 1 - Ryan got a new job. He starts at the end of the month, its quite a bit more money (about 20%) and about 5 min away rather than half an hour. So we can expect our financial issues to subside somewhat and maybe we'll finally get some emergency padding back in savings. Then we can start saving for moving, etc.
Item 2 - Well, I think its good news anyway. After years of biting my tongue in regards to my SIL's complete bitchiness I finally spoke up. We had it out, I don't have to play nice anymore. I am tired of the sneering two-faced miserable person who has to judge everyone else to make herself feel better about the lack of life she has. She is a holier-than-thou jealous miser (in Aeropostale and MAC LOL) who actually somehow takes pleasure in other people's troubles. She has never been nice to me, just fake. I feel liberated. I wish we could get along but some people just do not. Its a shame but I feel like this is progress for me because my biggest problem in life, I 100% believe, is letting people walk all over me and not speaking up for myself. I hold it all inside and I just cannot do that anymore. It is not healthy. Granted we will all never be one big happy family, but I don't think that's a shocker. Its never really even been a possibility and it was silly to hope otherwise. So that's mother and sister out of the way.. how many more in-laws can I alienate? (Sarcastic - they probably all hate me anyway, its ok though, you can't live for other people)
Item 3 - I am actually glad to be me. I am happy, its such a relief to not be so so stressed any longer. Money is going to be easier, I'm graduating soon, I feel confident in who I am, I love my husband. I can't wait to see what 2010 holds for us!
Item 2 - Well, I think its good news anyway. After years of biting my tongue in regards to my SIL's complete bitchiness I finally spoke up. We had it out, I don't have to play nice anymore. I am tired of the sneering two-faced miserable person who has to judge everyone else to make herself feel better about the lack of life she has. She is a holier-than-thou jealous miser (in Aeropostale and MAC LOL) who actually somehow takes pleasure in other people's troubles. She has never been nice to me, just fake. I feel liberated. I wish we could get along but some people just do not. Its a shame but I feel like this is progress for me because my biggest problem in life, I 100% believe, is letting people walk all over me and not speaking up for myself. I hold it all inside and I just cannot do that anymore. It is not healthy. Granted we will all never be one big happy family, but I don't think that's a shocker. Its never really even been a possibility and it was silly to hope otherwise. So that's mother and sister out of the way.. how many more in-laws can I alienate? (Sarcastic - they probably all hate me anyway, its ok though, you can't live for other people)
Item 3 - I am actually glad to be me. I am happy, its such a relief to not be so so stressed any longer. Money is going to be easier, I'm graduating soon, I feel confident in who I am, I love my husband. I can't wait to see what 2010 holds for us!
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