WEEKEND TREASURE OF WORDS
It is not of so much consequence what you say, as how you say it. Memorable sentences are memorable on account of some single irradiating word.
Alexander Smith
MAVEN : Someone who knows a lot about a particular subject.
· Most market mavens said S&P had been laying the groundwork for the change for months….. ‘Indian who downgraded US quits’ by Chidanand Rajghatta TOI 24.08.2011.
ANODYNE : Expressed in a way that is unlikely to offend anyone [= bland].
· While Sharma himself did not elaborate on his exit, not everyone bought into the anodyne story of his leaving for other new challenges. ….. ‘Indian who downgraded US quits’ by Chidanand Rajghatta TOI 24.08.2011.
BUY INTO something : To accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence you.
· I never bought into this idea that you have to be thin to be attractive.
DYNAMIC(S) :
1. Dynamics [plural] The way in which things or people behave, react, and affect each other.
· He did research on group dynamics and leadership styles.
DYNAMIC (of) : Something that causes action or change.
· The London riots are but the most recent example of this dynamic. Neo-liberlism and the unrest in Europe-Branko Milanovic, Business Line, 25.08.2011
· She regards class conflict as a central dynamic of historical change.
From an intellectual necessity GRIST TO the Babumoshai’s cerebral MILLS, the book has metamorphosed into the Bong’s lifestyle accessory, stripped of the aura that made it IMPERVIOUS for all the high priests of learning.
From Reading Revolution by Saikat Dasgupta in TOI, 28.08.2011 e
GRIST FOR / TO ONE'S MILL : Something employed to one's profit or advantage, especially something seemingly unpromising.
· Every delay was so much more grist for her mill.
IMPERVIOUS (adjective)
1. Not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable.
· The coat is impervious to rain.
2. Incapable of being injured or impaired.
· Impervious to wear and tear.
3. Incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected.
· Impervious to reason; impervious to another's suffering.
We cannot wish away FILIBUSTERING by the mere desire to see it removed from our lives.
From The game-changer by Indrajit Hazra in HT, 28.08.2011 e
FILIBUSTERING : Prolonged speaking or other action which obstructs progress in Legislative Assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures : OED
CONTRAVENE: to do something that is not allowed according to a law or rule [= violate]:
· Some portions of the bill may contravene state law.
This is no basis for SUPPLANTING, leave aside SUBVERTING, Parliament
SUPPLANT : To displace and substitute for (another).
· The word processor has largely supplanted electric typewriters
SUBVERT : (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to bring about the complete downfall or ruin of (something existing or established by a system of law, etc.)
To undermine the moral principles of (a person, etc.).
· "Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community"(Alexander Hamilton).
· "Economic assistance ... must subvert the existing ... feudal or tribal order" (Henry A. Kissinger).
To be continued...
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