Word of the Day

[Matt J]

I know some people that can be very sanctimonious about their ability to be equipoise.

 

[happy2Bme]

I know some people that can be very sanctimonious about their ability to be equipoise.

indubidably insightful, unequivocably true!!

 

[Teresa]

equipoise

\EE-kwuh-poiz; EK-wuh-\ , noun:
1.
A state of being equally balanced; equilibrium; -- as of moral, political, or social interests or forces.

2.
Counterbalance.

 

[DD]

brio

\BREE-oh\ , noun:
1.
Enthusiastic vigor; vivacity; liveliness; spirit.

 

[Matt J]

I'm so brio over this new word!

 

[seagrovegirl]

SWGB is going to be sooo brio in his brief jerkies..........

 

[Mermaid]

BRIO is an Italian word and my Pippi has it in spades! She has immersed herself into learning how to be an Italian with such brio.

Talking about foreign words, I get French Word A Day and today's word was beguin, which means "passing fancy." All my life I've loved that Cole Porter song "Begin the Beguin" and now I finally know what they're talking about!

 

[scooterbug44]

Mermy, it's "Begin the Beguine" - the beguine is a spirited ballroom dance!

 

[ClintClint]

can't wait to write my autobriography

 

[Mermaid]

Mermy, it's "Begin the Beguine" - the beguine is a spirited ballroom dance!

That's alright. We can make do.

Pippi's love for Italy was not a beguin (passing fancy); no, indeed it was a beguine (spirited ballroom dance) of ideas and passions which swirled around her head, dancing the merry dance leading her to Florence with brio (spirit).