Shall We Dance? Word of the Day
terpsichorean
This adjective has no obvious handles unless you're clued up on Greek mythology, specifically on Terpsichore, the totally cool Muse whose brief was dancing. No photographs survive, but a Google image search rewards the time that it takes with some imaginative images. The last part of her name is also seen in choreography.
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Today in the Visual Thesaurus Magazine:
Moving with Deliberate Haste
President-Elect Obama has begun to assemble his nominees for Cabinet posts — something he had promised to do, in his first post-election press conference, "with all deliberate haste." If deliberate means "marked by careful consideration or reflection," and haste means "overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)," doesn't that make "deliberate haste" an oxymoron?
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