Posted by
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam,
Managing Director, Editorial,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.
Carl Sagan's observation of the earth as an almost completely irrelevant speck of dust in the vast expanse of the cosmos becomes the unlikely rallying cry for humanity's survival.
Carl Sagan's observation of the earth as an almost completely irrelevant speck of dust in the vast expanse of the cosmos becomes the unlikely rallying cry for humanity's survival. Given how we are so inconsequential as to almost not even exist, Sagan argues, what is the point of a world with suffering, pain, and the ill treatment of others and the planet in acts of self-importance when we live on a planet that in itself is completely unimportant?
Zoilist
Zoilist
(noun):
A person who thoroughly enjoys finding fault with others or in things around him or her.Say the word out loud to yourself now that you know the meaning and see how many people...
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Jumentous
Jumentous: Pronounced
/d Š’u ‹ ‹Ë†m ‰-nt ‰â„¢s/: Smelling distinctly like horse urine.
Why someone saw fit to create a word that specifically identified horse urine when even humans don't...
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Blesiloquent
Blesiloquent: To speak with a stutter or a lispWas it just a cruel twist of fate that this word would be a challenge to pronounce for those who have a lisp or a stutter?
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Bever
Bever (noun): A snack between meals."The problem with bevers is that they end up containing more calories than meals."
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Jiffle
Jiffle (verb): To fidget or shuffle restlesslyAn easy word to remember because it sounds like a combination of the words "fidget" and shuffle."
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