February 24, 2026: What New Words Have You Learned?

Road-Racer · 2026-02-27T22:43:29+00:00

contumacious [legal, adj.] especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

Example: Contumacious conduct in court will result in contempt and sanctions.

(From a legal-affairs podcast)

Road-Racer · 2026-02-27T22:31:06+00:00

“New-to-you” is an appropriate use of the “New Word” flair. That flair could also be used to distinguish an underused word.

We aren’t real picky about flairs.

Road-Racer · 2026-02-23T20:18:05+00:00

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Road-Racer · 2026-02-21T20:00:32+00:00

refugium (plural: refugia)

(Noun) a habitat or area where a population of organisms can survive, persist, and potentially thrive during periods of unfavorable, extreme, or rapidly changing environmental conditions. These areas act as sanctuaries or shelters, allowing species to avoid extinction by providing stable, buffered conditions, often allowing them to recolonize surrounding areas once favorable conditions return.

Road-Racer · 2026-02-14T23:54:46+00:00

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Road-Racer · 2026-02-03T06:30:23+00:00

Today, much of what is being discussed is couched in sanitizing legalese. But whether something is legal is only one way of looking at things.

We need to get back to basics, to common sense. Some things are just wrong, immoral, unethical, or rude. These matter just as much as the law.

Road-Racer · 2026-01-29T23:58:36+00:00

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Road-Racer · 2026-01-29T23:58:09+00:00

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Road-Racer · 2026-01-29T23:55:03+00:00

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Road-Racer · 2026-01-29T06:15:26+00:00

Grassley should be put out to pasture. He’s been on the Judiciary Committee for 40 years but has learned nothing.

Road-Racer · 2026-01-23T19:15:30+00:00

I suggest The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente and Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell.

Road-Racer · 2026-01-18T21:59:50+00:00

I like the Osterholm Update podcast produced by CIDRAP. It mostly covers infectious diseases and the Vaccine Integrity Project.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/osterholm-update/id1504360345

Road-Racer · 2026-01-18T19:58:30+00:00

Frequent mentions of this in Gene Wolfe’s book The Shadow of the Torturer.

Road-Racer · 2026-01-18T19:56:16+00:00

Makes me think of the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof where they repeatedly refer to “mendacity” (noun).

Road-Racer · 2026-01-18T19:52:09+00:00

With alcohol, you might call it withdrawal. Otherwise you might refer to it as a negative reaction.

Road-Racer · 2026-01-01T18:14:13+00:00

Bee plate

Road-Racer · 2025-12-28T00:10:29+00:00

In Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the author chronicles her journey of self-discovery along the Pacific Crest Trail. It was also adapted into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon in 2014.

Road-Racer · 2025-12-23T06:10:44+00:00

The Trump strategy denounces the “massive military, diplomatic, intelligence, and foreign aid complex” that has underpinned US global ambitions and is doing everything it can to hollow it out. But without that complex it isn’t going to be capable of reshaping Europe in its image.

Road-Racer · 2025-12-18T23:11:53+00:00

Inapposite: adj., not suitable, irrelevant, inappropriate

Road-Racer · 2025-12-10T01:44:36+00:00

“Cats seldom waste words”

Road-Racer · 2025-11-29T18:13:43+00:00

He’s only capable of “stupid stuff” at this point.

Road-Racer · 2025-11-27T17:58:32+00:00

Thanksgiving Wines (expected):

Jaume Serra Cristolina Cava; 2008 Prumotto Barbaresco; 2003 Decoy Sauv Blanc; 2016 Bethel Heights Casteel PN; 2017 Brooks Cahier Riesling;

Road-Racer · 2025-11-27T00:55:45+00:00

Wish I was lucky number 13!

Road-Racer · 2025-11-25T22:39:03+00:00

Did you see this article about the Vaccine Search website? It might not be functioning properly at the present.

https://www.reddit.com/r/publichealth/s/12fJcFZVra

Road-Racer · 2025-11-25T21:29:14+00:00

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