Todays Thought

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back. 

-Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (9 Sep 1828-1910)

Todays Thought

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. 

-Edith Sitwell, poet (7 Sep 1887-1964)

Todays Thought

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes. 

-Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)

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Todays Thought

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. 

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)

Todays Word

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

obganiate

PRONUNCIATION:

(ob-GAY-nee-ayt) 

MEANING:

verb tr.: To annoy someone by repeatedly saying the same thing.
verb intr.: To repeat oneself tediously.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin obgannire or oggannire (to yelp or growl at). Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:

“The way Tony Abbott continues to obganiate is bloody irritating, bloody irritating.”
Stan Wills; Letters to the Editor; The Australian (Canberra); Dec 10, 2014.

Todays Thought

If an animal does something, they call it instinct. If we do exactly the same thing for the same reason, they call it intelligence. 

-Will Cuppy, humorist and journalist (23 Aug 1884-1949)