#18--Gulosity

Gulosity

First of all a Very Happy New Year to all my readers. I owe you a lot :)

Okay... now as it's New Year's Eve so it's all about wines and confectioneries and 'course 
not to mention the hot carnival parties. But one thing that goes hand in hand with any
 kind of celebration is Food !!
Yes, some people just don't eat food to stay alive but they stay alive to eat food :P 
Anyways, lets come to its etymology.....It derives via Middle English and Anglo-French from the Latin adjective "gulosus" ("gluttonous") and ultimately from the noun "gula" ("gullet"). And the pronunciation of this hungry word goes like \goo-LAH-suh-tee\.




Dictionary meaning(noun)-- excessive appetite : greediness 
Example sentence -- Don't challenge my gulosity if you want your guests to be served with the remaining food.




Fun description -- If you  have the "Gulosity" then I need not put in any description here but if you don't have then it's time to put on some artificial gulosity atleast in the New Year's Eve. 
Here comes the do's --
--Move to your favorite party spot and if you have already paid in advance for the free wine then it's time to gulp mug after mug ( until and unless your gulosity for the heavenly potion is satisfied :P)
--Then comes the array of belly dancers... that's called visual gulosity ( see i tcan be of many forms ) ... those seductive moves.... you savor with your eyeballs apart .... until and unless a voice within you says 'ah! it's enough ... someone pouncing in my stomach !!'
--If the visual gulosity is well served..... now comes the real deal of food....the gulosity of your tummies. BUFFET booked ... price paid !! What more...  forks and spoons are delivered at your disposal ... now it's all you and your stomach !!Bring it on .......it's time to inculcate that raw gulosity in you in such a manner that you find the whole buffet food-hold as good as your evening snacks !! 
--Now when evrything is done ...... you had your liquid , aerial and solid gulosities satisfied .....you sit relaxed on the backseat of your Tata Nano and ask your apathetic under-paid driver to drive you back home !! :P






P.S. -- You wake up the next morning and find the newly bought killer jeans coming only half your waist-line !! You better hit the treadmill now :) and don't forget to increase your driver's annual pay package this new year !!

#17--Wiseacre

Wiseacre




This is the word which is all about conceit !!  A smarty-pants, an upstart know-it-all, especially one who makes insolent conceited wisecracks all the time. That's all about Wise-acre. And if you are a wise-acre .... you know it all . Lets now look at its etymology... which is a bit shady but the common belief is it is derived from Middle Dutch wijsseggher  which means 'soothsayer'. And it's pronuciation goes like \waɪzˌeɪkə\ ... yes, the 'r' at the end is silent. 






Dictionary meaning (noun) -- a person who possesses or affects to possess great wisdom.
Example sentence -- I want wise people but not wiseacres in this new project meeting.




Fun description -- Very easy to become a wiseacre in any field of subject. Just play with that neat deceptive tricks and pray that you don't get caught affecting the knowledge ( well, don't rule out the possibility of getting thrashed the hard way eventually someday). Anyways.... what will you do if you are a wiseacre ?
1. You go to the interview and speak insanely out of this world stuffs in reply to whatever question the interviewer asks you. Let him doubt his knowledge not yours :P
2.If you wanna be one of those spirituality-religion affecting people then just grow a large white beard and put on a white robe (matching color combination works :P) then sit under an huge ancient peepal tree. Eventually you will get your followers. And about preaching ??? Well... whatever comes in your mind will do (it's all about getup :P)!!
3.And here comes my personal best wiseacre artist (modern-artist to be precise).Wake up at four O'clock in the morning. Move to your nearby park with a big canvas in you hand. And don't forget to bring a huge set of colors and brushes of different sizes at your disposal. Don't dare watch anyboby else ... it's you, your nature, your brush and your canvass.Then start scratching lines and pouring colors while others watch you in awe!! Trust me anything is a masterpiece as far as modern art is concerned :P




P.S.-- If you are not wise then no need worry....from now onwards just try and be one of those ubiquitous wiseacres !! :)

#16-- Alterity

Alterity


This is a simple word. Pretty easy to guess the meaning too. Yes, you guessed it right...this word happens to come from "alter" meaning "to make or become different" and its pronunciation goes like \awl-TAIR-uh-tee\ ....as simple as that !!


Dictionary Meaning(noun)--- otherness; specifically : the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation
Example sentence -- I don't wanna wear any formal dress at office ... I am practicing alterity !!




Fun description -- This word is one of the funniest words if you comtemplate. Well., take take a look at the dictionary meaning again. See the words "radically alien".... ya, that's the catch. If you are one who prefers alterity ...then you have to look like or behave like an radically alien entity. Cool huh ??
Lets see what we can do to practice hardcore alterity :-
1. Wear tight low cut jeans and one funky Tee and move to your neighbourhood funeral ceremony .( True alterity)
2. Sit for your Final Exam with your syllabi-books open by your side( I'm not talking about micro xerox anyway:P) (True alterity)
3. Walk in between the highway(half-naked) while everybody drives high-speed cars.(True alterity)
4. Call your girlfriend at 3p.m at night and ask for a date. (True alterity)
5. Go to your job interview and say to the interviewer -- "You look awkward" (True alterity)


P.S.---These are just few of the millions of ways !! Rest are for you to discover !! :)