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messageVocabulary   
Posted by: Hicham_A
Date: May 23, 2008 04:39PM

Do you know some strange or new vocabulary you can share, not necessarily new, just some exotic or original word you can tell us and explain as thoroughly as possible...


"There is nothing similar to the fragrance of arid earth being struck by crazy drops of rain rushing downwards like desperate arrows competing towards an iron shield"

messageRe: Vocabulary
Posted by: Hicham_A
Date: May 24, 2008 11:53PM

Well

As no one want to start, let me do it

the word i chose is "Serendipity", this word is most know by Web professionals. Generally, it means the fact of coming through sth while looking for something else, more or less...Accidental sagacity

this word has a story, Serendip used to be persian name of Sri Lanka, and made famous by a tale called "the three princes of Serendip". This tale was again brought to the egocentric light of the west by Horace Walpole in the 18th Century...


"There is nothing similar to the fragrance of arid earth being struck by crazy drops of rain rushing downwards like desperate arrows competing towards an iron shield"