Co nun drum

A conundrum is a difficult problem or question to solve.

A visual of this word would be a Rubik's cube or how I like to describe it "The Cube of Rubik"  :D.

Sarcasm

Sarcasm seems to be prevalent a lot today especially on the internet.

I have enjoyed sarcasm in the past and still do but I was thinking this morning how it is often misused.

I can't really formulate a good explanation for this at the moment except for this question.

Is it more important to me to be funny or honest?

It seems to me that people use sarcasm to cover stuff up a lot of times instead of looking foolish.

I wish I had more to say but my brain seems to be a good bit muddled.

Terra Incognita

"...animal pathogens remain a scientific terra incognita."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/science/rats-and-their-alarming-bugs.html

Terra = land
Incognita is essentially incognito which means more or less hidden.

If something is hidden you essentially don't know where it is so it is unknown.

If you search for "terra incognita" it means land unknown.

There is also the land Tierra del fuego = spanish for "land of fire".

Often in sci-fi and fantasy you hear the word tera or terra or something like that and it refers to earth.

It is interesting that when I have run into the word land is almost always referred to in the feminine form with the A at the end.  It makes complete sense because it is from the land we are able to survive just as we depend on our mothers for nourishment when we are born.

MOOC

Abbreviations are words too! At least they are used as words even if you don't know what they mean.

I just heard about MOOCs (pronounced Mooks) on the radio.  MOOC "Massive open online course" has been started being used by high school students applying to college.

I have some experience with some things that are similar but not necessarily MOOCs.  Duolingo may or may not be considered a MOOC.

Propriety

If you were to describe propriety another word that I would use would be properness but alas that isn't a real word. :/

Another word that I think would go well is uprightness.

Detractor

Often the best thing to do with detractors is to just ignore them.

Payday

Sure glad today is payday . My bank account has been screaming mayday.

Spastic

The word spastic is used differently depending on the geographic location of its use and the version of the English language in use there, which has led to some controversy and misunderstanding of the nature and appropriateness of the word.

vagary

-an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior.
"the vagaries of the weather"

Hearsay

Hearsay = It means just how the word is split up.  Hear + Say.  You hear something and then you say something like a parrot repeating what was heard.

Brainwashed

Brainwashed = not being allowed or allowing yourself to think in a different way.

Sweat

"Don't sweat the small stuff."-anon

Consensus

It is interesting how often we look for consensus to somewhat determine things that are factual these days.

I understand that it is important in some things but I wonder if we bring it into our daily lives as well?

Do you need a consensus of people to believe that you are smart, funny, awesome, wonderful, and special person?

I don't think that to be anything requires a consensus of people who don't even know you to think you are what you think you are.

Whimsical

What would the world be like if the world were more whimsical?

Tizzy

Avoid fizzy drinks
you might get into a tizzy
and that...
might just make you dizzy.

Inculcate

Walking the walk inculcates values, beliefs, faster than talking people to death.  Another way to state the previous statement would be:

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson