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Melissa Leimbach
WRT 120-03
September 4, 2013
Turbulence: noun: the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion: hydraulics; the haphazard secondary motion caused by eddies within a moving fluid: meteorology ; irregular motion of the atmosphere, as that indicated by gusts and lulls in the wind
"disorderly, tumultuous, unruly" (of persons), from Middle French turbulent, 1530s; from Latin turbulentus "full of commotion, restless;" from turba "turmoil, crowd”
The sound of turbulence is appealing, as are the abundance of syllables. Hearing flight attendants say it with notable formality has made it stick in my head even more.
Crunchy: adjective: crisp; brittle crunch: 1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized 1939 by Winston Churchill, who had used it in his 1938 biography of Marlborough
Crunchy to me is almost like a onomatopoeia. When you crunch it mimics the sounds used to say crunch itself.
Sterilize: verb: eliminate germs; make unable to reproduce early 1400s, from Middle French stérile "not producing fruit;" from Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive;" Old Church Slavonic sterica "a barren cow;" Gothic stairo "barren;" Old Norse stirtla "a barren cow;” originally in English with reference to soil; of females, from 1530s
Sterile sounds like what it is; it is crisp and hard in your mouth. I can’t tell if that connection is my own or if it is purposeful.
Insinuate: verb: to manipulate or imply an idea different than the truth
1520s, from Latin insinuatus, past participle of insinuare "to throw in, push in, make a way; creep in, intrude, bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into;" from sinus "a curve, winding"
Insinuate sounds good and is an interesting concept. Any word that discusses uses of other words is something I enjoy.
Perpetual: adjective: continuing or enduring forever; everlasting; lasting an indefinitely long time; continuing or continued
WRT 120-03
September 4, 2013
Turbulence: noun: the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion: hydraulics; the haphazard secondary motion caused by eddies within a moving fluid: meteorology ; irregular motion of the atmosphere, as that indicated by gusts and lulls in the wind
"disorderly, tumultuous, unruly" (of persons), from Middle French turbulent, 1530s; from Latin turbulentus "full of commotion, restless;" from turba "turmoil, crowd”
The sound of turbulence is appealing, as are the abundance of syllables. Hearing flight attendants say it with notable formality has made it stick in my head even more.
Crunchy: adjective: crisp; brittle crunch: 1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized 1939 by Winston Churchill, who had used it in his 1938 biography of Marlborough
Crunchy to me is almost like a onomatopoeia. When you crunch it mimics the sounds used to say crunch itself.
Sterilize: verb: eliminate germs; make unable to reproduce early 1400s, from Middle French stérile "not producing fruit;" from Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive;" Old Church Slavonic sterica "a barren cow;" Gothic stairo "barren;" Old Norse stirtla "a barren cow;” originally in English with reference to soil; of females, from 1530s
Sterile sounds like what it is; it is crisp and hard in your mouth. I can’t tell if that connection is my own or if it is purposeful.
Insinuate: verb: to manipulate or imply an idea different than the truth
1520s, from Latin insinuatus, past participle of insinuare "to throw in, push in, make a way; creep in, intrude, bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into;" from sinus "a curve, winding"
Insinuate sounds good and is an interesting concept. Any word that discusses uses of other words is something I enjoy.
Perpetual: adjective: continuing or enduring forever; everlasting; lasting an indefinitely long time; continuing or continued