~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, For those of you who don't get Word.A.Day, you might enjoy the unatributed quote at the bottom of the post. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:52:20 -0500 From: Wordsmith <wsmith@wordsmith.org> To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--syncope syn.co.pe \'sin-k*-(.)pe-, 'sin-\ n [LL, fr Gk synkope-, lit., cutting short, fr. synkoptein to cut]short, fr. syn- + koptein to cut - more at CAPON 1: a partial or complete temporary suspension of respiration and circulation due to cerebral ischemia : FAINT 2: the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle) ........................................................................... The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send a message to wsmith@wordsmith.org with "Subject:" line as "subscribe <Your Real Name>" or "unsubscribe". Email anu@wordsmith.org if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Archives, FAQ, words and more at the WWW site: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/