Tuesday, February 6, 2007

One word,- several meanings

Having had the opportunity to live in several countries over the last 20 years it has never ceased to amaze me the way people view the same word. You have the widely known differences such as the word rubber - Down Under- it is something produced from a tree,or, something used to eradicate a pencil error; to an American - a rubber is a condom. So II took the words from my blog title to find out all the different meanings for them.

PISTOL
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  • a small firearm with a short barrel, and a stock to fit the hand, that can be fired with one hand. This can an include any of the following 'pistols' - automatic, repeating, six shooter, gat, rod, Saturday night special, cannon, six-gun, pepper pot, barker, pill shooter, iron, forty-five, thirty-eight, seven-shooter, Derringer, pocket, .22 calibre, .32 calibre, .45 calibre, Colt, Webley, Smith and Wesson, Mauser, Nagant, Steyr, Browning, modele d'ordonnance (Fr), Luger (Ger), Parabellum(Ger).
  • an informal adjective to describe a spunky person, usually female, with a fiery temperament and a go get 'em attitude.
PASSION -
  • ardent desire, especially sexual
  • any strongly felt, overpowering emotion can be loving, fervent, inspiring, moving, poignant,enthusiastic, tragic, thrilling, burning heated,melodramatic, wistful
  • suffering esp that of Christ
  • an intense fit of furious anger; rage
  • any transport of excited feeling; violent agitation
  • a strong impulse tending to physical indulgence
  • inordinate appetites; sexual desires
  • the state or condition of being acted upon; subjecting to external force, as opposed to acting or doing ; the philosophical sense
  • the endurance of some painful endurance; suffering
  • (obs) some painful disease
Potion
  • a liquid dose of medicine, or poison ( something remember when reaching in to the medicine cabinet!)
  • a liquid substance used in magic
  • a blended combination rubbed, inhaled, or ingested to bring about a desire result.
  • a drink, nip , dram, elixir, draft, liquor, tonic, dose, cordial, stimulant, libation, restorative, philter, spirit, aromatic, remedy
Hope your Tuesday is going well Be sure to look in tomorrow for my 'Wordless Wednesday".

2 comments:

Amy Ruttan said...

That's interesting how Passion can mean something painful or pious, and be associated with such an ardent desire for somewhere.

Very interesting post.

EHT said...

As you tell from my fwinke and binser post I love words of all types....even made up words. This was a great read.

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