A page from my 1963 copy of Roget's. Happy 230th Birthday, Peter Mark Roget!
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
August 5 - Work Like a Dog Day
Work Like a Dog Day
How does one work like a dog? The definition I came up with is "to work very energetically and hard." Seeing-eye dogs, and drug or cadaver dogs notwithstanding, most dogs don't really do any work. I wouldn't consider them to be very industrious. "Work like a beaver" would be far more appropriate, although I wouldn't be able to say that without giggling.
While pondering this colorful phrase, I remembered another canine-related idiom: "dogged," meaning "stubbornly persevering; tenacious." In this light, "work like a dog" makes more sense to me. Dogs can be "dogged" when tracking a scent, or digging a hole.
So, to celebrate Work Like a Dog Day, you should work very energetically and hard while stubbornly persevering and being tenacious.
Wow. I'm tired just thinking about it. That sounds like too much for a Tuesday. I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.
(Before you send any nasty e-mails, I know that Arthur Dent couldn't get the hang of Thursdays. I personally have always had trouble with Tuesdays. If you don't know what I'm talking about, never mind.)
Definitions were obtained from Answers.com.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
November 25 - Blasé Day
November 25 - Blasé Day
Feeling blasé? Don't know what the heck blasé means? Confusing the meaning of blasé with ennui? Here is a definition for you from Answers.com:
"Nonchalantly unconcerned; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; very sophisticated because of surfeit."
And if you know what surfeit means, you are blasé. Get over yourself.
Anyway, hope you weren't too frequently exposed to anything as to be uninterested. Enjoy your Sunday night!
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