;Posted on 05/21/2014 5:17:49 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 21, 2014-- toponym
;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".
toponym [top-uh-nim]
noun
1. a place name.
2. a name derived from the name of a place.
Origin: 1890–95; top- + -onym, or by back formation from toponomy
From Wordsmith.org:
Once upon a time, a person's name was his complete identification and address. It could comprise his given name, profession, father or mother's name, a personal trait, and even the name of his village. That was because where one lived defined a person as much as anything else. The place of origin often turned into a generic term for some personal characteristic.
The English language is replete with such expressions where the name of a place has become associated with a particular quality, such as laconic (using few words) from Laconia in ancient Greece or bohemian (unconventional) from Bohemia in the Czech Republic. There are hundreds of toponyms -- words derived from the names of places.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Students are invited to use an example of a toponym instead of the word “toponym” itself, if you prefer.
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And the rest of the day to you.
I don’t doubt that.
My pre-reborn self was pretty vulgar - have to fight to keep from reverting sometimes.
You fooled me!
My daughter has to go till the 5th.
Yeah, the inhabitant of Lesbos aren't particularly pleased either.
hope i did not cause you to stumble! i prefer to think of it as growing up ; ) but i know what you mean.
VA kids will be going until late June!
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Excellent usage.
That’s what happens when they cancel school every time there is a possibility of a flurry. @jimgeraghty always complains about that.
no longer relevant to my life, so i don’t care if they go year round ; )
The title reminds me of the old days of FR where, if you didn’t close your html tags, it would affect the rest of the thread until someone posted the closing tags.
toponymorning!
I have the McCartney virus. It feels like I have had it 8 days this week.
yeah, remember that??
yeah, remember that??
i have something but i’m pretty sure it’s MERS bc it’s respiratory. and bc last week i heard that DC is #2 as far as # of middleeasterners arriving here daily, right behind NYC, and right above LA.
And a hearty +1 to you sir.
SAJ beat you to it.
It’s been a while since we had a Beatle die.
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