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What's the Good Word?

Friday March 30, 2001

  • TITLE: "What's the Good Word?" I didn't have much here. I tried for the opening line from the My Fair Lady song, "Show Me": Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words, but that didn't work. I thought about the Mamas and the Papas song, "Words of Love" but that didn't make any sense.

  • "… misuse of the word omission …" The correct word, of course, was "admission."

  • Encomium
    Main Entry: en.co.mi.um Pronunciation: en-'kO-mE-&m
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Latin, from Greek enkOmion, from en in + kOmos revel, celebration
    Date: 1589
    Inflected Form(s): plural -mi.ums or en.co.mia /-mE-&/
    : glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; also : an expression of this
    synonyms ENCOMIUM, EULOGY, PANEGYRIC, TRIBUTE, CITATION mean a formal expression of praise. ENCOMIUM implies enthusiasm and warmth in praising a person or a thing. EULOGY applies to a prepared speech or writing extolling the virtues and services of a person. PANEGYRIC suggests an elaborate often poetic compliment. TRIBUTE implies deeply felt praise conveyed either through words or through a significant act. CITATION applies to the formal praise accompanying the mention of a person in a military dispatch or in awarding an honorary degree.

  • Panegyric
    Main Entry: pan.e.gy.ric
    Pronunciation: "pa-n&-'jir-ik, -'jI-rik
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Latin panegyricus, from Greek panEgyrikos, from panEgyrikos of or for a festival assembly, from panEgyris festival assembly, from pan- + agyris assembly; akin to Greek ageirein to gather
    Date: 1603
    : a eulogistic oration or writing; also : formal or elaborate praise
    synonym see ENCOMIUM
    - pan.e.gy.ri.cal /-'jir-i-k&l, -'jI-ri-/ adjective
    - pan.e.gy.ri.cal.ly /-k(&-)lE/ adverb


       

  • Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:

    I think this smile looks sincere enough, don't you?
    -- REUTERS/Brad Rickerby





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