words of the day, tattoo & misocainea

[scottobear]

tattoo \ta-TOO\, noun:
1. A rapid, rhythmic drumming or rapping.
2. A beat of a drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, giving notice to soldiers to go to their quarters at night.
3. A display of military exercises given as evening entertainment.

Tattoo is an alteration of earlier taptoo, from Dutch taptoe, "a tap(house)-shut," from tap, "faucet" + toe, "shut" -- meaning, essentially, that the tavern is about to shut.

Trivia: The more familiar tattoo, "an indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures," derives from entirely different roots. That tattoo comes from Tahitian tatau.

misocainea \mis-oh-KY-nee-uh, mi-soh-\ noun

Hatred of anything new.

Greek miso- (hate) + caino- (new).

Comments

[i.livejournal.com]

interesting that they come from such different roots. the sound made by the needle is definitely a tattoo.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

and the feel of the needle is also one!

[jonsey.livejournal.com]

hey scotto..... :(
the card i sent u in the LJ exchange came back to me today..... but it's the same add that billi send out to everyone..... that sucks... it didn't get to you.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oh... maybe it happened right before my move. :(

I'm sorry it didn't make it.

Would you like me to send my address again?

[jonsey.livejournal.com]

oh crap that's right u moved. okay ya send your addy again and i'll send to new place :)

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[jonsey.livejournal.com]

okee i got it..... hope u've deleted it from the journal now.

i'll send it out again tomorrow. :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

yup! it's gone! :)

*hug*

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[jonsey.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

u know whats funny, it's just 1 number off that's it. hehe, so i'll send again :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

weird... a typo?

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[jonsey.livejournal.com]

hmm.... maybe, i'll go and look at the list billi sent