Word Of The Day

[alfinyalcabo]

I wouldn't stand for that alf, he's down graded you putting you in my league.

Yes,but our league is far bigger and better then the one TEC is in..

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Who is this mythical TEC in which you speak..?

[alfinyalcabo]

Who is this mythical TEC in which you speak..?

he used to post on here regularly,he was a right CUN​T..

[Altobelli]

he used to post on here regularly,he was a right CUN​T..

Now that is not nice

[The Bedlington Terrier]

he used to post on here regularly,he was a right CUN​T..

I believe that is the reason he took his ball home...

[Altobelli]

ZUGZWANG noun (tsook-tsvahng)

noun

1. Chess. a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.

Quotes

The aim in the end game is to get your opponent’s king into “zugzwang,” which means to force him to have only one more move remaining, and that one loses the game for him.
--*H. N. Levitt,*"K K Karanja: Chess Champ," Boys' Life, February 1986

The outcome of an endgame often depends on the ability of one side to lose a move, and zugzwang--the obligation to move, even when one would rather not--becomes a powerful force.
--*George Atkinson,*Chess and Machine Intuition, 1998


Origin

Zugzwang in German means “compulsion to move,” originally a technical term in chess for a situation in which one is forced to make a disadvantageous move. As a chess term, zugzwang has been in English since the early 20th century.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I've put a tracker on Alf's mobile caravan, it's going to get a proper ZUGZWANG!

[Altobelli]

He'll get the hump you calling it a Caravan, its a Motorhome, like the one below

[Altobelli]

SLACKTIVISM noun (slak-tuh-viz-uh m)

noun

1. actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.

Quotes

The [Ice Bucket] challenge was derided as “slacktivism”—a way for people to feel virtuous without doing much.
--*James Surowiecki,*"What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge?" The New Yorker, July 25, 2016

If a little bit of slacktivism means closing the enthusiasm and engagement gap, motivating others to action and expressing your right to political speech, that sounds like something you can feel proud of.
--*Jamie Hodari,*"In praise of slacktivism: Your cliche Facebook post can still make a difference," Washington Post, February 2, 2017


Origin

Slacktivism is a portmanteau formed from the terms slacker and activism. It is first recorded between 1995 and 2000.

[Altobelli]

PURLOIN verb (per-loin)

verb
1. to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
2. to commit theft; steal.

Quotes

... a certain document of the last importance, has been purloined from the royal apartments. The individual who purloined it is known; this beyond a doubt; he was seen to take it.
--*Edgar Allen Poe,*"The Purloined Letter," The Gift, 1844

Each day I purloin a few more sheets for the purposes of my book of fish which I carefully hide ...
--*Richard Flanagan,*Gould's Book of Fish, 2001


Origin

Purloin entered English in the 1400s from late Middle English purloynen, from Anglo-French purloigner “to put off, remove.”