{"id":1554,"date":"2014-08-08T23:16:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T03:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2014-08-08T23:20:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T03:20:46","slug":"word-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1554","title":{"rendered":"Word up."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"whatsitmean\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I like Etymology.\u00a0 You know\u2026. the study of the origin of words.\u00a0 And of course\u2026.\u00a0 the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.\u00a0 A lot of our English language derives from Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots.\u00a0 For this reason\u2026 the old study of words can sometimes be a bit on the perplexing side.<\/p>\n

So.\u00a0 Tonight.\u00a0 I will break it down for thee.\u00a0 Etypollymology…\u00a0 I like to call it.<\/p>\n

First word.
\nPro.
\nSure\u2026 we all know what it means.\u00a0\u00a0 A Pro.\u00a0\u00a0 Professional\u2026\u00a0 Like a baseball player.\u00a0 Or a Wall Street player.\u00a0 Or, it could me\u2026 in favor of something.
\nIt comes from the Latin word proe\u2026 which means great wealth.\u00a0 Lots and lots of money.
\nSee how this works?<\/p>\n

Crass.
\nI have always liked the way the word crass sounds.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 I know some crass people and they\u00a0 don\u2019t sound so nice.\u00a0 It means that someone\u00a0 is lacking sensitivity, refinement\u2026\u00a0 or\u00a0 even\u2026 perhaps\u2026. intelligence.\u00a0 Guess what.\u00a0 Latin again\u2026.crasseus.\u00a0\u00a0 It means thick.\u00a0 Thick.\u00a0 Like a brick.<\/p>\n

Tin.
\nJust switching gears a bit.\u00a0 Tin is a silvery-white metal.\u00a0\u00a0 It is very rare.\u00a0 The atomic number 50 on the Periodic Table\u2026. And it\u2019s symbol is Sn.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This one is Germanic.\u00a0\u00a0 Zinn.\u00a0 This means can\u2026 or container.\u00a0 Like a bin.\u00a0 Or a Tin.\u00a0\u00a0 Or a Tin Bin.<\/p>\n

Ate.
\nI like this word too.\u00a0 Let\u2019s eat.\u00a0 We ate.\u00a0 To consume.\u00a0 Rhymes with my other favorite number\u2026 Eight.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why was 6 afraind of 7.\u00a0 7 ate 9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Every language has some sort of origin of this word.\u00a0 English etan, Germanic essen, and so forth.
\nGobble it down.<\/p>\n

So the study of words isn\u2019t so bad\u2026 when you just explore a little.\u00a0 All you have to do is break down the word\u2026 to get to the root of things.\u00a0\u00a0 Now then.\u00a0 Put all of those previous words together\u2026.
\nPro.\u00a0\u00a0 Crass.\u00a0 Tin.\u00a0 Ate.<\/p>\n

Procrastinate.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND. As we just broke it down\u2026 It typically means that someone is delayed from making lots of money, because they are being thick\u2026 and playing a game of kick the (tin) can\u2026 When they should be working by eight.<\/p>\n

And there you have it.\u00a0 Etypollymology.\u00a0\u00a0 (Books on Tape Coming Soon.)<\/p>\n

Riddle for the night.\u00a0 Can you connect the meaning of the image to tonight\u2019s writing?\u00a0 I am just cloaked in mystery tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at it as at a riddle.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 \u00a0Friedrich Nietzsche<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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