Words You Have Taught Me — March 2020
#14 — a work-from-home listicle
The returning champs among you already know the drill — and if you’re seeing your name for the first time, welcome and thank you!
If there is one thing you take away from this, check out the poetry of one James Khan. A virtuoso of meter & rhyme, well-versed in the Classics with an unabashedly ribald delivery. Absolution starts in a dark place and ends on an uplifting note, perfect for our times.
Here is the latest in literary lingo, journalist jargon, author’s argot and pencil pusher pidgin that I soaked up here since the last time we did this …
agathosune
(Greek, Biblical) uprightness of heart and life, goodness, kindness
from Sherrye Richardson
baize & rictus
baize — a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric resembling felt, used chiefly for the tops of billiard tables
rictus — a fixed grimace or grin
