longueur and spoliation - Another two words of the day that have some bearing on LJ... (especially i

[scottobear]

longueur \long-GUR\, noun:
A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.

Longueur is from French (where it means "length"), ultimately deriving from Latin longus, "long," which is also the source of English long.

spoliation \spo-lee-AY-shun\ noun

1. The act of pillaging and plundering.
2. Seizure of neutral ships at sea in time of war.
3. The deliberate destruction or alteration of a document.

From Middle English, from Latin spoliation, past participle of spoliare, from spoil.

Comments

SPOLIATION...

[heymaggie.livejournal.com]

...is now my new favorite word...cause I love to randomize and spoliate LJ icons and stuff, so I am now spoliating your word "spoliation"...well, that was a little longueur than I expected it to be, so sorry if your got bored. Feel free to exspoliate it.

Re: SPOLIATION...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

*laughs

very good, and nicely tweaked!