Mumpsimus
A traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.
A traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.
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- Thread starter slobake
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Silly me.
Here I thought it was a Greek athletic training regimen to make me an erotic god in the boudoir.
I wonder if I can get my $49.95 refunded...
Dawn Chorus
Wild birds singing in unison around sunrise; especially during the spring and summer.
Wild birds singing in unison around sunrise; especially during the spring and summer.
So Anyway, during the last presidential conventions, speeches were given in empty rooms. You could tell that the speech writers were still inserting punchlines and pauses for the audience to cheer. Except there wasn't an audience.
It was kinda funny, if it wasn't so sad.
tintinnabulation (n)
tin-ti-nab-yuh-ley-shuhn
1. the sound of bells ringing
2. a jingling or tinkling sound as of bells
3. the sound of wind chimes
The Latin word tintinnabulum means "bell." The word is most widely encountered in Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Bells."
Tintinnabulation was side one of the second in a series of albums of recorded soundscapes issued under the title environments [sic] by Syntonic Research, Inc. from 1969-1979. This recording is a sequence of synthetic bells of five pitches sounded at random intervals and amplitudes. It was the only non-natural sound in the environments series which was intended to provide contemplative background sounds.
tin-ti-nab-yuh-ley-shuhn
1. the sound of bells ringing
2. a jingling or tinkling sound as of bells
3. the sound of wind chimes
The Latin word tintinnabulum means "bell." The word is most widely encountered in Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Bells."
Tintinnabulation was side one of the second in a series of albums of recorded soundscapes issued under the title environments [sic] by Syntonic Research, Inc. from 1969-1979. This recording is a sequence of synthetic bells of five pitches sounded at random intervals and amplitudes. It was the only non-natural sound in the environments series which was intended to provide contemplative background sounds.
Gossamer
1. A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.
2. Used to refer to something very light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate.
1. A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.
2. Used to refer to something very light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate.
