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Todays Thought

The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people. 

-Helen Adams Keller, lecturer and author (27 Jun 1880-1968)

Todays Word

Fahrvergnügen

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Contents

• 1English
  • 1.1Alternative forms
  • 1.2Etymology
  • 1.3Noun
  • 1.4Further reading
• 2German
  • 2.1Etymology
  • 2.2Pronunciation
  • 2.3Noun

English

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Alternative forms

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• Fahrvergnugen, fahrvergnügen, Fahrvergnuegen, fahrvergnuegen

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) +‎ Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularised in the USA by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.

Noun

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Fahrvergnügen (uncountable)

1. Driving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles. quotations ▼

Further reading

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•  Volkswagen advertising § Fahrvergnügen on Wikipedia.

German

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Etymology

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fahren (“to drive”) +‎ Vergnügen (“pleasure”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfaːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌɡnyːɡŋ̍]

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Noun

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Fahrvergnügen n (strong, genitive Fahrvergnügens, plural Fahrvergnügen)

1. Driving pleasure. 

Todays Thought

Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. 

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It’s like, at the end, there’s this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid? 

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Todays Thought

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. 

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Todays Thought

The [Nobel] prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses. 

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Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. 

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I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again. 

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Todays Word

 

dandiprat

PRONUNCIATION:

(DAN-dee-prat) 

MEANING:

noun
1. An inconsequential person.
2. A person of small stature.
3. A child.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1525. Dandiprat was also the name of a silver coin in 16th-century England, worth three halfpence.

USAGE:

“In return, Conservatives could dismiss Mr Corbyn as a dandiprat, a figure of no significance, and a mere grumbletonian.”
This Mugwump Is a Dandiprat; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Apr 30, 2017.

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It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. 

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Todays Thought

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. 

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Todays Thought

I'm sometimes asked "Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?" I answer: "I am working at the roots." 

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Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. 

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