I still feel pangs of remorse over an insidious habit I've had since I was a teenager. About three times a week, I attend estate auctions and make insulting, low-ball bids for prized heirlooms until I'm asked to leave.
Dennis Miller
pang (pang) n.
1. a sudden feeling of mental or emotional
distress: a pang of guilt.
2. a sudden, brief, and sharp pain: the
pangs of childbirth.
[1495-1505; orig. uncert.]
in-sid-i-ous (in sid'ee uhs) adj.
1. intended to entrap or beguile: an
insidious plan.
2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an
insidious enemy.
3. operating or proceeding inconspicuously
but with grave effect: an insidious
disease.
[1535-45; < L insidiosus deceitful = insidi (ae)
(pl.) an ambush (der. of insidere to SIT in or on)
+ -osus - OUS]
en-trap () v.t. <-trapped, -trap-ping>
1. to catch in or as if in a trap; ensnare.
2. to bring unawares into difficulty or
danger.
3. to lure into performing an act or making
a statement that is compromising or
illegal.
[1525-35; < MF entraper]
be-guile (bi giel') v.t. <-guiled, -guil-ing>
1. to influence by guile; mislead; delude.
2. to take away from by cheating or
deceiving (usu. fol. by of): to be
beguiled of money.
3. to charm or divert: attractions to
beguile the tourist.
4. to pass (time) pleasantly.
[1175-1225]
guile (giel) n.
1. insidious cunning in attaining a goal;
crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
[1175-1225; ME < OF < Gmc; akin to WILE]
cun-ning (kun'ing) n.
1. skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner,
as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
2. adeptness in performance; dexterity: The
weaver's hand lost its cunning.
adj.
3. showing or made with ingenuity.
4. artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.
5. charmingly cute or appealing: a cunning
little baby.
6. Archaic. skillful; expert.
[1275-1325; (n.) ME; OE cunnung = cunn (an) to
know (see CAN 1) + -ung - ING 1; (adj.) ME, prp.
of cunnan to know]
du-plic-i-ty (due plis'i tee, dyue-) n. pl. <-ties>
1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct;
double-dealing.
2. a twofold or double state or quality.
[1400-50; late ME duplicite < MF < ML, LL
duplicitas; see DUPLEX, - ITY]
heir-loom (r'luem ) n.
1. a family possession handed down from
generation to generation.
2. Law. property neither personal nor real
that descends to the heir of an estate
as part of the real property.
[1375-1425; late ME heirlome. See HEIR, LOOM 1]
There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.
Dennis Miller
hahhaha.
sad znam shto mi je chiniti!
za danas.
Post je objavljen 19.02.2006. u 10:42 sati.