Mind Mapping

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Happy Word Building

Everytime there will be something that will mesmerise you!!! Isn't it? Correct me if I am wrong ;-)

Somehow, I felt like talking about that "something" that mesmerises me a lot ! Well, let me not make out a web now , its the "word" world that fascinates me a lot! But as they say , pursue your dreams and this shot came to my mind all of a sudden to pursue this dream of mine-- a new blog again to pursue my "word" world dreams , lets build up that "word" web :-)


Too much of talking now,as a start let me share one word for today with my esteemed audience before I start my new blog ...

The word for the day is "Jaywalk"


jaywalk (JAY-wok) verb intr.
The above word implies the meaning :
To cross a street in a reckless manner, disregarding traffic rules.

Short snippet (I am sure this would be of interest to you coz.. everyone like short stories :-)) :
The name jaybird denotes a naive person or simpleton.

Early last century, country folks visiting big cities were often obliviousof any approaching traffic when they were crossing streets. Eventually their nickname, jays, became associated with crossing a street illegally.

Well, catch you all with my upcoming blog on words very soon, will post the url in my next post.

Till then, happy word building!! ;-)



1 Comments:

Blogger Chinmay said...

Hey that was a kool post! Etymology used to amaze me back in good 'ol college days. I am glad I have a place to spot new words 'n' their usage presented in a lucid manner !

Let me try using the new word based on - New Yorkers usually "jaywalk" with a cup of coffee in one hand & cellphone in the other. :)
By the way Jaywalk also happends to be a Japanese rock band ["_"]

Let the posts coming in regularly buddy !

# Chinmay #

12:23 PM  

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