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WORD OF THE DAY..........courtesy of Dictionary.com
ifyoucantfixit:
xenophilia \zen-uh-FIL-ee-uh\, noun:
An attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
Yet the scenario of openhanded host and guest, of xenophilia, is played out time and time again in Homer's Odyssey. It mattered to those hill-bound and sea-scattered tribes that the wanderer be made welcome…
-- Nicholas Delbanco, The Lost Suitcase
This connectedness — so evident to the drama's spectator, so indiscernible to the dramatized participant — promotes what we might call xenophilia.
-- Susan Gubar, Critical Condition
The opposite of xenophobia, xenophilia has the same Greek roots. It literally means "attracted to strangers." It first appeared in English in the 1920s and was used heavily after the Second World War.
I know most people know the meaning of xenophobia. But didn't know if all knew of the opposite word.
ifyoucantfixit:
ban jee
Evidently an urban term. Started by the gay latino and black young gays, in the inner city...
banjee 64 up, 28 down
is a young Latino or Black man who has sex with men and dresses in thuggish urban fashion
gay banjee homosexual black latino
buy banjee mugs & shirtsbannjee banjeee bangee banjea danjee
by flaming homo Feb 1, 2007 share this add a video
2. banjee 41 up, 24 down
A girl who is Ghetto
Big hairs, Long weaves, unnormal hair colors, plastic shoes, grills in they mouth, broken english..Just straight hood!
I'm tired of being around these banjee ass girls.
buy banjee mugs & shirtsghetto fabulous hood ratchet. antonyms; classy proper jazzy
by unknown531 Jan 3, 2007 share this add a video
3. Banjee 8 up, 2 down
Young man or woman (usually black/latino) who has a Hip Hop/ghetto/street swagger, look, and demeanor. (regardless of sexuality)
Started by black and latino gays in New York in the 80's. It was used to describe boys and girls "in the hood." Some say it is where the term "B-boy" derived from.
Girl, you know I love me some Banjee boys - lookin' all rough and stuff.
She is so Banjee
All the Banjee boys and girls were dancing in the hot clubs.
* Just thought I would throw this in for those that don't know the term.. I didn't before hearing it used in the lyrics from Adams song on his
new album.
ifyoucantfixit:
bona fides \BOH-nah FEE-des\, noun:
1. Good faith; the state of being exactly as claims or appearances indicate.
2. (Sometimes italics) (used with a plural verb) the official papers, documents, or other items that prove authenticity, legitimacy, etc., as of a person or enterprise; credentials.
He seemed to feel that he had to convince them of his bona fides before they would trust the purity of the fuel that he was selling.
-- Dean R. Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven
The want of sincerity or bona fides, in a large body of men, respected and respectable, is a very tender place, and cannot be touched with too much delicacy.
-- Thomas Reid, The Works of Thomas Reid
We cannot investigate the bona fides of any of these people. We have to rely solely on deduction.
-- Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
Originally bona fide, bona fides was accidentally pluralized by the 1830s and subsequently was used as a synonym for credentials
ifyoucantfixit:
agnomen \ag-NOH-muhn\, noun:
1. A nickname.
2. An additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”
He was thin in person and low in stature, with light sandy-colored hair, and small pale features, from which he derived his agnomen of Bean or white.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
Successful Roman generals were frequently given an agnomen celebrating the source of their victories.
-- Waldo E. Sweet, Lectiones Primae
Agnomen comes from the Latin tradition of adding a fourth nickname to someone's given name. Ag- is a variation of the prefix ad- meaning "to" or "near." Nomen means "name."
ifyoucantfixit:
hsien \shyuhn\, noun:
1. One of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
2. In China, a county or district.
Taoists want to live forever, become Hsien.
-- Louis Rogers, Ladder to the Sky
The hsien was willing to depart, most willing if it could fulfill its mission and take her with it. By urging the spirit to depart as quickly as possible, Deng had inadvertently given it new strength.
-- Jane Lindskold, Five Odd Honors
Hsien stems from the Chinese word xiān meaning "hermit, wizard." It came into English in the 1960s.
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