2026/09/09
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)
2026/09/08
Todays Thought
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
-Edith Sitwell, poet (7 Sep 1887-1964)
2026/09/04
Todays Thought
The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.
-Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)
2026/09/02
2026/08/28
Todays Thought
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)
2026/08/27
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.
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.
Stan Wills; Letters to the Editor; The Australian (Canberra); Dec 10, 2014.
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