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prevaricate

PRONUNCIATION:

(pri-VAR-i-kayt)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To avoid telling the truth by being ambiguous, evading, or misleading.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin praevaricari (to straddle, to collude), from varicare (to straddle), from varus (knock-kneed, bent outwards). To prevaricate is to straddle the boundary between truth and falsehood.

i guess, i have been prevaricating in all my posts. :)

gay or metrosexual

beau brummel.

what's that you may ask? according to the A.Word.A.Day newsletter that i somehow have subcribed, means:

"A man who pay excessive to his clothes and appearance"

somehow this word is an etymology, where it was actually a nickname to a british dandy named George Brian Brummel. apparently, he was one of the social-figure back in the days, who was considered as the Justin Timberlake back in the days. but, he then died penniless at a mental institution in Caen. lets just hope mr JT doesnt end up the same way.

speaking of a beau brummel (pronounced: bo BRUM-uhl), i think i like these kind of guys. they care about how they look like, appear decent and yummy at the same time. examples:

our dear mr JT (my celebrity crush).

always looks good no matter what he wear, not to mention his adorable personality, and definitely not all about keeping his cool -- refer to his SNL performances, he's HILARIOUS! if anyone could be the guy to look up to, he is THE guy.

i know its not fair that he is hot to begin with, and with the right clothes he will look hotter, but wont kill you to try, wont it?

bottomline is, lets just hope when i actually meet this kind of guys, they wont spend more time in front of the mirror than i do. thank you.

ps: pardon me for the very bimbo post. sitting at home all day, with nothing else interesting other than e! channel, is not really generating the creative and intelligent side of the brain.

expectation (ek′spek tā′s̸hən)

noun

1. a looking forward to; anticipation
2. a looking for as due, proper, or necessary
3. a thing looked forward to
4. a reason or warrant for looking forward to something; prospect for the future, as of advancement or prosperity
5. the probability of the occurrence, duration, etc. of something, esp. as indicated by statistics

whatever the meaning is, you are never meant to have them. it can only bring you 2 extremes:

1. you can be overly satisfied, despite the fact that it may not yet be enough
2. you'll be overly crushed, because you thought you deserve better.

either way, it wont do yourself any good.

so rather than having them, just think logically. only then you'll be safe.

angau

what is this word? and where and how does it came about?

according to the malays, angau means lovesick - Languishing because of love.

according to the Welsh, angau means death.

according to the Eldar, angau means destiny, doom, fate.

but if we come back to the sense of the word in our community, it is the combination of all the words above.

angau - a feeling that arise due to our believe in our destiny or fate in another person, that turn us into behaving like lovesick puppies, which then could eventually brings death. or if i would like to sugar coat the fact -- it can turn into an eternal love, that could only be separated by death.