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Vocabulary
H
23 May 2008 16:39
Do you know some strange or new vocabulary you can share, not necessarily new, just some exotic or original word you can tell us and explain as thoroughly as possible...
"The true traveller is without goal, it is the absence of goals which creates the ultimate traveller."Gao Xingjian 'Soul Mountain'
H
24 May 2008 23:53
Well

As no one want to start, let me do it

the word i chose is "Serendipity", this word is most know by Web professionals. Generally, it means the fact of coming through sth while looking for something else, more or less...Accidental sagacity

this word has a story, Serendip used to be persian name of Sri Lanka, and made famous by a tale called "the three princes of Serendip". This tale was again brought to the egocentric light of the west by Horace Walpole in the 18th Century...
"The true traveller is without goal, it is the absence of goals which creates the ultimate traveller."Gao Xingjian 'Soul Mountain'
 
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