I love "word a day" lists… they're filled with such fun stuff sometimes.
Like yesterday's A.Word.A.Day email with the very fun concept of Socratic Irony:
A profession of ignorance in a discussion in order to elicit clarity on a topic and expose misconception held by another.
(So now, the next time I pull this bit on Dani, I can even tell her what it's called! Not that it'll stop her from smacking me when she gets annoyed by it. But hey, that's part of the fun!)
AND, in the same email, I get this cool quote, too!
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
—Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
Like yesterday's A.Word.A.Day email with the very fun concept of Socratic Irony:
A profession of ignorance in a discussion in order to elicit clarity on a topic and expose misconception held by another.
(So now, the next time I pull this bit on Dani, I can even tell her what it's called! Not that it'll stop her from smacking me when she gets annoyed by it. But hey, that's part of the fun!)
AND, in the same email, I get this cool quote, too!
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
—Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
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