Mr. Musicface Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Yo! I thought some other pholks here might like today's "Word of the Day" from dictionary.com as much as I did: http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/ That is all. Have a lovely Friday everyone! - M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 I love the word of the day: Word of the Day for Friday July 11, 2003 junta \HUN-tuh, JUHN-tuh\, noun: 1. A governmental council or committee, especially one that rules after a revolution. 2. A closely knit group united for a common purpose and usually meeting secretly; also called a junto. His greatest fear, said Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel laureate and ardent foe of military rule, is that with the death of one tyrant, the world will not press for the entire junta to step aside. --"Nobel Winner Calls for Nigerian Ruler to Release Political Prisoners," New York Times, June 12, 1998 Two days after the coup, the junta announced that General Videla had been designated President of the Nation. --Marguerite Feitlowitz, A Lexicon of Terror Two days after the coup, the junta announced that General Videla had been designated President of the Nation. --Marguerite Feitlowitz, A Lexicon of Terror The Greek junta that seized power during 1967 mobilized the courts against its foes. --Charles S. Maier, Dissolution Still, the resemblance to political revolution is, in important ways, only metaphorical. Computer nerds aside, there is no junta driving this process of change. --Andrew L. Shapiro, The Control Revolution -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Junta comes from the Spanish word for "joined" (hence, a group of persons joined for a common purpose) , from Latin junctus, past participle of jungere, "to join." - my favourite Phish album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted July 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Hey Schwa - happy 1000th post! Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Well would you look at that. My 1000th was a post about phish. Very cool. Didn't even realize at all. Karma, eh Paisley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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