scream-of-consciousness;
"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
Perhaps some Republican voters will get a little "Ilunga" (#8 at the link) by the next election and move on from these weak kneed compromisers that are supposed to be our leaders.
1. Toska ... At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.” English = blueballs Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
I love language and a favorite finding of mine was when I read that German immigrants to America using the word "ausgetzeichnet" were probably the source or the slang expression "out of sight". The German word means "outstanding". Kewl no?
Perhaps some Republican voters will get a little "Ilunga" (#8 at the link) by the next election and move on from these weak kneed compromisers that are supposed to be our leaders.
ReplyDelete1. Toska
ReplyDelete... At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”
English = blueballs
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
Not really asking you to give away trade secrets, in other words, it's a rhetorical question, but how the hell do you find stuff like the above?
ReplyDeleteI could cruise the web continuously for days and never run across this excellent piece of trivia.
jd
I agree with Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick's disputation of the lack of translatability of Toska and add to his translation: "Socialism"
ReplyDeleteI think Toska sounds like depression. I developed a fascination with words when I discovered the meaning of codpiece.
ReplyDeleteTim
I love language and a favorite finding of mine was when I read that German immigrants to America using the word "ausgetzeichnet" were probably the source or the slang expression "out of sight".
ReplyDeleteThe German word means "outstanding".
Kewl no?
Oops!.... ausgezeichnet
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