Autodidact.
...from It Can't Be Nashville Every Night.
From webster.com:
a self-taught person.
Rory
Halifax
autodidact
\Au"to*di*dact`\, n. [Gr. ? self-taught.] One who is self-taught; an automath.
Leave it to GD to rhyme "lack" with "autodidact"... :lol: :lol: :lol:
M.
does he just sit there and read a dictionary or thesaurus?? The stuff he comes up with is awesome...
~~~The Hip are Ultimately Literate~~~
in si·tu
Pronunciation: (')in-'sI-(")t(y)ü, -'si- also -'sE-, -(")chü
Function: adverb or adjective
: in the natural or original position
nadir
\Na"dir\, n. [F., Sp., & It. nadir; all fr. Ar. nas[=i]ru's samt nadir, prop., the point opposite the zenith (as samt), in which nas[=i]r means alike, corresponding to. Cf. Azimuth, Zenith.] 1. That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
2. The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.
The seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe. --Hallam.
Nadir of the sun (Astron.), the axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth. --Crabb.
ba·nal
( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-nl, bnl, b-näl)
adj.
Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite: “Blunt language cannot hide a banal conception” (James Wolcott).
Autodidact actually is a quite common word in Dutch.
Hmm, I'm starting to wonder if Gord isn't signed up to the dictionary.com Word Of The Day mailing list...
kari Wrote:does he just sit there and read a dictionary or thesaurus?? The stuff he comes up with is awesome...
LOL! That is so funny and true.
tigerthelion Wrote:in si·tu
Pronunciation: (')in-'sI-(")t(y)ü, -'si- also -'sE-, -(")chü
Function: adverb or adjective
: in the natural or original position
"It quits you in situ"...
Best. Hip. Line. Ever.... :thumb:
M.
My new signature: "I'm a cloud of octopus ink"
Listening to Gord Downie sing is like listening to someone sing along to a Word-of-the-Day calendar. At least he's really good at it.
He probably does read the thesaurus. I know I read both the dictionary and thesaurus. I'll pick up the dictionary, open it randomly to a page and look for a word I've never used before. Then, I'll use it where ever I can find it relevant in everyday conversation. There aren't any "new" words on the album that I haven't already heard... "Makeshift." I've heard it before but I'm gonna probably be using a little bit more than usual. "Makeshift". What a word!