Boycott
ORIGIN: English land agent named Boycott was ostracized by his community during the Irish Land Question.
DEFINITION: organized refusal to deal with or buy from
Casanova
ORIGIN: Giovanni Casanova; Italian adventurer who had a lot of women followin him around
DEFINITION: charismatic man with a reputation for his romantic conquests
Utopia
ORIGIN: coined by Sir Thomas More in his "Utopia"
DEFINITION: a perfect place where everyone gets along and is happy (like Disney World or Pure Gold)
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Attila:
orgin: King of the Huns from 433-453; most successful of the barbarian invaders.
meaning: barbarian rough leader.
Bloomer
orgin: Amelia Jenks Bloomer; American social reformer
meaning: undergarments for dance or active wear; underwear worn by females gathered at the ankles.
SPARTAN
origin: people of the greek city sparta...sorry mrs moon all i could find
meaning: warrior of the city sparta
STONEWALL
origin: Confederate Civil War General Stonewall Jackson
meaning: engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate
CHAUVINIST:
Origin---comes from the name of one of Napoleon's generals who was exuberantly dedicated to the emperor's schemes.
Definition---comeone who thinks their race, religion, gender, or anything else you can think of, is better than the rest. Usually used in sexist ways, like when women ask, "why are all guys chauvinsts?"
DUNGAREE:
Origin---from a coarse cotton fabric of East Indian origin; from the Hindu
word "dungri"
Definition---sweet pants
SARDONIC
origin: Greek belief that ingesting the sardonian plant from Sardinia would result in convulsions resembling laughter
definition: disdainfully or skeptically humorous
SHANGHAI
origin: 19th century days of the China trade, ship captains sometimes obtained additonal hands by drugging them and carrying them on board, stems from the phrase "ship him to Shanghai"
definition: to put by trickery into an undesirable position
UNCLE SAM
origin: in 1812 provisions were sent to the army and inspected by Ebenezer and Sam Wilson, became known among workers as "Uncle Sam"
definition: the American nation or people
McCarthyism: is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare started by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Nostradamus: French physician and astrologer who wrote Centuries (1555), a book of prophecies.
I have no idea, I've had the hardest time finding what it means, but I'm guessing a prophet?
EL DORADO -
is a legendary place of fabulous wealth
and comes from a mexican legend of a lost golden city.
HORATIO ALGER -
means ambition, or rags to riches/American Dream
and comes from many of author:Horatio Alger (that the actual author's name) stories, in which he writes of poverty and overcoming it
WATERLOO -
means a decisive, crushing defeat of any sort
and comes from the 1815 Battle of Waterloo where (french) Napoleon got whooped by the Europeans
andrew.pure gold. lol
Hey Mrs. Moon!
I am so sorry about this yet again. I had no computer last night and just had a rough night in general... and I just honestly did not think about contacting someone to post my words :( but here they are:
Machiaveellian:
Origin- Machiavelli's The Prince
Definition- cunning, deceitful, unscrupulous
Marathon:
Origin- Pheidippides' 26-mi. (42-km) run from Marathon to Athens to carry news of the Greek victory over the Persians in 490 b.c
Definition- any contest or event of great or greater than normal length
Wagnerian:
Origin- German music composer Richard Wagner
Definition- characteristic of Richard Wagner, his music dramas, or his theories.
Thanks Mrs. Moon, and sorry!
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