This week’s words have a few different sources – two blogs and a short story.
From Virginia Woolf’s The Mysterious Case of Miss V.
Neuter: In the context of Woolf’ story, is a noun of the neuter gender. The neuter term is what the narrator says she is using in reference to Miss V. She equates Miss V. to a shadow of a piece of furniture; therefore she uses the neutral, not feminized terminology.
From Ahab at Republic of Gilead.
Proselytization: Is a way of converting people to another opinion, particularly to another religion. In modern times proselytization/proselytism have negative connotations, used to describe a forced conversion. Ahab is talking about Kirk Cameron speaking in Maryland.
From Jen at The Broke and The Bookish.
Facetiously: A flippant manner; treating a serious issue with deliberately inappropriate humour. Each week The Broke and The Bookish host Top Ten Tuesday. Each Tuesday you create a top ten list, the topic of which is given the week before at the end of the previous post. This week, Jen posted her top ten favourite words and facetiously was number two. Did you know that all the vowels appear in order?
I like facetiously the best. It’s a word I might actually use (after I learn how to pronounce it properly).
facetiously - fah-SEE-shus-lee
ReplyDeletealso is the only word in the english language that uses every vowel in alphabetical order, including Y. how freakin' cool is that?
now if only i could pronounce proselytization correctly.
found you through the hop, gonna go explore you site more!