Quoteworthy

"You can always tell gifted and highly intelligent people as they always turn to the past. Any young person who knows anything that happened before 1980, or 1990, or 2000 for that matter, is immediately someone who is intelligent, probably creative, maybe a writer. Nobody who is drawn to the past and learning about the past is not gifted."
-Mike Nichols 1931-2014












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Word of the Week: ROUÉ

ROUÉ n.
\roo-AY\

Definition:
1. A man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure
2. A dissolute man in fashionable society

Example:
"Girls run off with bad boys all the time, always have and always will. But in the past, when deemed press-worthy, he was likely a notorious roué or dangerous musician, not a dropout trying to muster enough gumption for a GED."
-From an article by Bridget Foley in Women's Wear Daily, July 16, 2010

Origin: French

First Known Use: 1800

Word of the Week: CYMOTRICHOUS

Word of the Week for June 6-12th, 2011:

CYMOTRICHOUS adj.

Definition: Having wavy hair

Pronunciation: sahy-mo-truh-kuhs

First known usage: 1905-1910

Origin: Greek

Example:
The pop star's long, cymotrichous locks were beautiful.




I chose CYMOTRICHOUS because it was the winning word at this year's national spelling bee. The "bee" was won by 14-year-old Pennslyvania girl (yay), Sukanya Roy! I always watched the bee when I was little. Spelling is one of my stronger suits. My hair is naturally wavy, so I will be sure to use this word more often!