Cc: Cybernaut

Noun

1.

cybernaut - a computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace computer user - a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business

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The Global Village Idiot is the cybernaut eating a Big Mac.

Information man: David Joselit on Jon Kessler's "Global Village Idiot" by Joselit, David / Artforum International

Cc: Crevice

n.

A narrow crack or opening; a fissure or cleft.

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[Middle English, from Old French crevace, probably from Vulgar Latin *crepcia, from *crepa, from Latin crepre, to crack.]

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crev iced adj.

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Cc: cosmopolitanism

adj.

1. Pertinent or common to the whole world: an issue of cosmopolitan import.

2. Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world: the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt.

3. So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest: a cosmopolitan traveler.

4. Ecology Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed.

n.

A cosmopolitan person or organism; a cosmopolite.

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cosmo·poli·tan·ism n.

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Under cosmopolitanism, if it comes, we shall receive no help from the earth.Howards End by Forster, E. M.

Cc: Chilblains

Noun

1.

chilblains - inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture chilblain, pernio blain - an inflammatory swelling or sore kibe - ulcerated chilblain on the heel

This is the wise waggish-will and good-will of my soul, that it CONCEALETH NOT its winters and glacial storms; it concealeth not its chilblains either.Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich

Cc: Countenance

n.

1. Appearance, especially the expression of the face: The question left him with a puzzled countenance.

2. The face or facial features.

3.

a. A look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support.

b. Support or approval.

4. Obsolete Bearing; demeanor.

tr.v. coun·te·nanced, coun·te·nanc·ing, coun·te·nanc·es

To give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve: The college administration will not countenance cheating.

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[Middle English contenaunce, from Old French, from contenir, to behave; see contain.]

He complied with the most accommodating spirit imaginable; and went on eating and chatting, and laughing and smearing himself, until his whole countenance shone with grease and good-humor.The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington

Cc: Caprice

Noun

1. a sudden change of attitude or behaviour

2. a tendency to have such changes [Italian capriccio a shiver, caprice]

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That is not all; then, you say, science itself will teach man (though to my mind it's a superfluous luxury) that he never has really had any caprice or will of his own, and that he himself is something of the nature of a piano-key or the stop of an organ, and that there are, besides, things called the laws of nature; so that everything he does is not done by his willing it, but is done of itself, by the laws of nature.Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Cc: Consonance

n.

1. Agreement; harmony; accord.

2.

a. Close correspondence of sounds.

b. The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

3. Music A simultaneous combination of sounds not requiring resolution to another combination of sounds for finality of effect and conventionally regarded as harmonious or pleasing.

Everything was in consonance with my mood; everything seemed fair and spring-like.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Cc: Curing

In food preparation, curing refers to various preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of salt, sugar and nitrate and/or nitrite. Many curing processes also involve smoking. The etymology of the term is unclear, but it is thought to derive from the same Latin cura, -ae, from which the other English meanings are also derived. (Read Entire Article)

Cc: Cajole

tr.v. ca·joled, ca·jol·ing, ca·joles

To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle.

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[French cajoler, possibly blend of Old French cageoler, to chatter like a jay (from geai, jai, jay; see jay²) and Old French gaioler, to lure into a cage (from gaiole, jaiole, cage; see jail).]

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ca·joler n.

ca·joler·y (-jl-r) n.

ca·joling·ly adv.

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Used In Classic Literature : Guess the Book and Writer!It is true, she was looking very charming herself, and Stephen was paying her the utmost attention on this public occasion; jealously buying up the articles he had seen under her fingers in the process of making, and gayly helping her to cajole the male customers into the purchase of the most effeminate futilities.

The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George

Cc: Curr

to Run

Concurrent,

Cursory,

Discursive,

Precursor

Cc: Cred

Cred: to believe
Credence, Creditable, Credulity, Creed

Cc: Carn

Carn: Flesh
Carnage, carnal, carnival, incarnation

Cc: Cacophony

Cacophony

1. Jarring, discordant sound; dissonance: heard a cacophony of horns during the traffic jam.

2. The use of harsh or discordant sounds in literary composition, as for poetic effect.

In Context:
With the low-end geared up to whip heads into a trance-like nodding motion, Patterson's guitar playing flavors the songs with equal amounts buzzsaw-style cacophony and melodic resonance, while his yelled vocals act akin to a fourth instrument, forging their own prodding, pleading route amidst the offbeat structure.

Young widows by Peterson, Brian / Thrasher

Cc: Context

Context

(kŏn‘tĕkst‘) n.

1. The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
2. The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting

The proverbs, of which his talk was full, were for the most part not the coarse and indecent saws soldiers employ, but those folk sayings which taken without a context seem so insignificant, but when used appositely suddenly acquire a significance of profound wisdom.War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo

Cc: Copacetic

Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine: "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic" John O'Hara.

Happy Birthday to Gregorio Roth!!!!

Cc: Cereal

The Origin of Cereal Named after the Roman Goddess Ceres:

The Roman goddess Ceres (Greek Demeter) was a pacifist who loved to vacation on Crete. She was a manager of the food-giving plants,and the grains came to carry her name; cereals of the Romans included wheat,barley, spelt, oats,and millet. She loved to feed her birds millet because she enjoyed their voluptuous dinning.

Cc: Calcified ADV.

Calcified was found in the poem The O's by Baron Wormser, Writers Almanac Nov. 25, 2008:

A sack of calcified lust.

Calcified: Adverb

1. To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts.

2. To make or become inflexible and unchanging.