Posted on 04/18/2007 5:55:29 AM PDT by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
deus ex machina • \DAY-us-eks-MAH-kih-nuh\ • noun
a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
Example sentence:
Only a deus ex machina could resolve the novel's thorny crisis.
Did you know?
The New Latin term "deus ex machina" is a translation of a Greek phrase and means literally "a god from a machine." "Machine," in this case, refers to the crane that held a god over the stage in ancient Greek and Roman drama. The practice of introducing a god at the end of a play to unravel and resolve the plot dates from at least the 5th century B.C.; Euripides (circa 484-406 B.C.) was one playwright who made frequent use of the device. Since the late 1600s, "deus ex machina" has been applied in English to unlikely saviors and improbable events that bring order out of chaos in sudden and surprising ways.
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Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
CG & I are headed to Destin 1st thing in the morning. :)
Nobody cooking!!!!!!!!
Doom, death, dispair and demisery are upon me!
Home from work and getting ready to cook a meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, steam some broccoli and just finished making a salad-
When Obama first he appeared
Some thought he was a solution
To queen Hillary’s liberal rants
And some welcome retribution
A sort of deus ex machina
Who might solve the plight
Of the leftism of the party
Making it appear more right
But the position that he took
On the supreme court’s decision-
That he supports infanticide
Should be fodder for derision
Excellent!
I was once saved miraculously when a deus coupe pulled up to where my truck had a flat.
Hey Cal, I think I’m going to pass out. The room is starting to spin, because of all the gayness.
And that really pisses me off about Charlie Kaufman. I got yelled at by my agent for doing that, he got a million bucks and Nicholas Cage played the lead. Blecch.
:)
What a bunch of pukes. Sometimes people like that make me wonder of Marx had the right idea.
Hollywood Florida or Hollywood California?
Seeing the Dems’ choices, Obama must come across as a deus ex machina to those who couldn’t stomach Hillary.
For the record, I would not hit it, not even a teensy bit.
“But pissant would,” he added helpfully.
What about hitting Teeny?
Lautenberg was the deus ex machina for the New Jersey senate race dilemma.
I tend to pick up people’s pithy sayings and words. The minute I left home, I stopped speaking ‘english’ as I knew it. I can’t even write anymore :D
Dang straight, T5!
Was it a Little Deuce Coupe ala the Beach Boys?
Oh, I’m sorry. Hollywood, CA. I know nothing about FL except for Broward County...
I think the Croqs and Croquettes look for my mistakes in the title. It's usually there somewhere.
When I lived out there, Santa Monica was the big time gay parade. I wish I had the ascot concession for that town, I would have been a zillionaire.
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