James AtkinsonThe Haberdashery of Haiku: #1709 (#005) https://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/01/1709-005.html #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1707 and #1708 (#004): http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/01/1707-and-1708-004.html #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1706 (#003): http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/01/1706-003.html #poem #365haikuaday #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1704 and #1705 (#002): http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/01/1704-and-1705-002.html #poem #365haikuaday #opsimathy #oed #haiku
The Haberdashery of Haiku: #1703 (#001): http://thehaberdasheryofhaikus.blogspot.com/2026/01/1703-001.html #poem #365haikuaday #prosit #oed #WordOfTheDay
Virginicus@brianbilston For anyone else who didn’t know the term, here is the earliest use of “obnubilation” in the #OED. “Neither can the Moone be eclipsed but..in her farthest posture from the sunne: then is she prostitute to obnubilation.”
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EshaHaberHacettepe’de 55 yerli OED cihazı hizmete girdi: Yükseköğretim Kurulundan (YÖK) yapılan açıklamaya göre, 1-7 Aralık Acil Sağlık Hizmetleri Haftası’nda üniversitede düzenlenen lansmanla tanıtılan OED cihazları, üniversitenin “Güvenli Kampüs Ağı” projesi kapsamında hizmete alındı.
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OED cihazının tanıtım toplantısına ASELSAN Genel Müdür Yardımcıları Taha Yücel ve… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/hacettepe-de-55-yerli-oed-cihazi-hizmete-girdi-277502.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #Hacettepe #OED #AcilSağlık #SağlıkHizmetleri #Defibrilatör
qurlyjoe#SpinalTap has an entry in the #OED.
“…colloquial (usually humorous) (up) to eleven: so as to reach or surpass the maximum level or limit; to an extreme or intense degree. Esp. in to turn (something) up to eleven and variants.”
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever, the story of Spinal Tap, by Rob Reiner, with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer. A double volume with Smell the Book, by Marty BiBergi, with Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, & Derek Smalls.
#bookstodon #recommended
Andrew Shields"Either I am a great writer or a nincompoop”: Virginia Woolf, “nincompoop”, Sebastian Brant, and Basel. #111Words #VirginiaWoolf #Diary #Nincompoop #SebastianBrant #TheShipOfFools #DasNarrenschiff #Basel #OED https://111-words.ghost.io/either-i-am-a-great-writer-or-a-nincompoop-virginia-woolf-nincompoop-sebastian-brant-and-basel/
"Either I am a great writer or a nincompoop”: Virginia Woolf, “nincompoop”, Sebastian Brant, and Basel
Writing in her diary on 29 October 1922, Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) reflected on herself: "Either I am a great writer or a nincompoop." This comic shift in register sent me down the rabbit hole of "nincompoop". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its origin is unknown, but it has a