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Reloading the WoD for 3rd march
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sarguero
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Reloading the WoD for 3rd march
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Word of the Day 3rd of March
Thank you for being elected as winner of the Word of the Day. 
The new one is really ... short Sternocleidomastoideus
Squeeze your brain and have a good time
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MoodyMoody
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I had to learn the real meaning in graduate school. My husband is having some problems along those lines.
However, in the spirit of WoD, here �s my "daffynition":
sterno: a gel-like fuel used to keep food hot on a serving line
cleido: from the Greek for closed
mast: a pole on a ship used to hold the sails
oid: like
eus: an abbreviation for endoscopic ultrasound
So, obviously, sternocleidomastoideus is checking the inside of a
closed pole or tube using ultrasound in order to see if there is any
sterno contained within. Easy! |
3 Mar 2013
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4 Mar 2013
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MarionG
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ster= Dutch for star
no = none, not one
cleido = kaleido (from the Greek kalos and eidos - beautiful to see)
mast = shortened form of master
oi = yiddish interjection indicating dipleasure, discontent or worry
deus = god
so the meaning is obvious: this is what you say when you are crying out to your god and master because you are really upset that there are no beautiful stars to behold....
Oh no, why, why, why me, sternocleidomastoideus , the telescope I saved for for thirty years finally arrived, I waited another two years for some missing parts they forgot to ship, I managed to assemble it and station it on the roof and, why oh why now sternocleidomastoideus, the sky is full of clouds! |
4 Mar 2013
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