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Comment by Maricel Evasco on July 31, 2009 at 4:45pm
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desecrate
Desecration (also called desacralization or desanctification) is the act of depriving something of its sacred character -- or the disrespectful or contemptuous treatment of that which is held to be sacred by a group or individual.
The desecration of proper English is complete.
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lol R Scott, funny thing I just stumbled onto that word Execrate yesterday while I was looking for ideas for fonts to use on my son's T-Shirt.
There is also a group:
Dead Youth : Execrate Lyrics
Eradication Extirpate
Abolition terminate
Extermination life will cease
Annihilation life Deceased
I Abominate the Human Race
I loathe All living life
You will Die I will Die
What I Hate Shall Not Exist
It must be a Goth or Emo who wrote this.
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Comment by R. Scott White on July 31, 2009 at 2:09pm
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In the "nobody would care but me" department we have "execrate" and "desecrate"
"Execrate" is 'ex' + 'secrate' where 'secrate' means "sacrament" or a way to make something holy. So 'execrate' is essentially doing the exact opposite thing - to make something as unholy as possible. 'De-' (for 'desecrate') removes something. So when you 'desecrate' something you are removing it's holiness as it were.
Note that neither word is close to 'defecate' which has to do with cleaning the... uh .. you know....
WAKE UP!!! MY POST IS NOW OVER!!! WAKE UP!!
RSW
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execrate to curse
Stop execrating! The children are listening.
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thx for the information. I'll look for it now.
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Comment by Thomas William Farquhar on July 30, 2009 at 4:52am
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Maricel, are you familiar with the "hotforwords" channel on YouTube? An American/Russian discusses the origins of words, you might enjoy it - I`m definitely enjoying these. For kennings how about pen stain for ink.
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kenning-
is a magic poetic phrase, a figure of speech, substituted for the usual name of a person or thing.
A figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
funny example:
A Mother Is...
Nose wiper, bottom swiper,
peacemaker, morning waker,
food provider, task collider,
lie detector, nagging heckler.
"No" repeater, morals preacher,
bedroom tidier, taxi driver,
chore finder, chore reminder,
cuddly soother, household hooverer.
Fun wrecker, homework checker,
Manners monitor,
family mediator,
Love radiator
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Pillock was actually originally meant to connote a man's private part. I guess a lot of politicians are dic*heads so the term does apply. lol
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Pillock - isn`t that a synonym for politician?
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Pillock
Noun for Idiot, fool.
A man who commits a stupid act or one who's stupidity backfires.
"You burnt the toast AGAIN !? that's three times now, you pillock".
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