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todayiamadaisyUpdate on the glasses of DOOM: I wore them for two days, and now I've changed back to the old ones. Oh, my head hurts. Not enough to stop this week's random word, though.
20. Nudiustertian
A person from Nudiustan.
No, it isn't, but it should be, shouldn't it? If nudists ever manage to claim some land for themselves and make their own country, they should call it Nudiustan and they will be the Nudiustertians.
Until that happy day, nudiustertian relates to the day before yesterday. It comes from the Latin nudius tertius, a corruption of nunc dies tertius est, now is the third day. My dictionary says it's obsolete, but it can't be, because I've heard it used. Not often, mind, but enough to know that people still use it. By 'people', I mean my first year business law professor, who once wrote a letter of complaint to Kelloggs because his Just Right cereal didn't jump out of the box and into his bowl as a television commercial suggested it would. False and misleading advertising, don't you know.
In its entry on nudiustertian, my dictionary suggests that the day before yesterday was once known as ereyesterday, which… all right, sounds a bit awkward and I can see why we stopped using it. On the other hand, its antonym is overmorrow, meaning the day after tomorrow, which sounds like it could be useful. We should bring that back.
Next week: abaft
20. Nudiustertian
A person from Nudiustan.
No, it isn't, but it should be, shouldn't it? If nudists ever manage to claim some land for themselves and make their own country, they should call it Nudiustan and they will be the Nudiustertians.
Until that happy day, nudiustertian relates to the day before yesterday. It comes from the Latin nudius tertius, a corruption of nunc dies tertius est, now is the third day. My dictionary says it's obsolete, but it can't be, because I've heard it used. Not often, mind, but enough to know that people still use it. By 'people', I mean my first year business law professor, who once wrote a letter of complaint to Kelloggs because his Just Right cereal didn't jump out of the box and into his bowl as a television commercial suggested it would. False and misleading advertising, don't you know.
In its entry on nudiustertian, my dictionary suggests that the day before yesterday was once known as ereyesterday, which… all right, sounds a bit awkward and I can see why we stopped using it. On the other hand, its antonym is overmorrow, meaning the day after tomorrow, which sounds like it could be useful. We should bring that back.
Next week: abaft