words of the day - scud & agon
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scottobearscud (skud) verb intr.
1. To run or move swiftly.
2. In nautical parlance, to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
noun
1. The act of scudding.
2. Clouds, rain, mist, etc. driven by the wind.
3. Low clouds beneath another cloud layer.
Uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Low German schudden, to shake.
agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\,
plural agones \uh-GOH-neez\ noun:
A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
Agon comes from Greek agon, "a struggle or contest." It is related to agony.
I prefer to scud around the multiple LJ agones that seem to pop up like mushrooms after a rainstorm.
1. To run or move swiftly.
2. In nautical parlance, to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
noun
1. The act of scudding.
2. Clouds, rain, mist, etc. driven by the wind.
3. Low clouds beneath another cloud layer.
Uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Low German schudden, to shake.
agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\,
plural agones \uh-GOH-neez\ noun:
A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
Agon comes from Greek agon, "a struggle or contest." It is related to agony.
I prefer to scud around the multiple LJ agones that seem to pop up like mushrooms after a rainstorm.
