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Saturday, December 30, 2023

In other words, arrange a smaze

  • arbitrage, verb. (Finance) To engage in the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities, commodities, or foreign exchange in different markets to profit from unequal prices.
  • arrange, verb. To place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly; to make plans or preparations.
  • cadre, noun. A nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel able to assume control and to train others; a cell of indoctrinated leaders active in promoting the interests of a revolutionary party.
  • cayuse, noun. A small horse, especially an Indian pony; also, a cold wind blowing from the east.
  • dibs, noun. (Informal) A claim, rights; money in small amounts.
  • dogmatician, noun. One who practices dogmatism; a maker or propounder of dogmas; a dogmatist.
  • file, noun. A line of persons or things arranged one behind another (distinguished from rank, q.v.).
  • ghosting, noun. The act or practice of abruptly cutting off all contact with someone, usually without explanation, by no longer accepting or responding to phone calls, instant messages, etc.
  • laches, noun. Negligence in the observance of duty or opportunity; especially, undue delay in asserting a legal right or privilege.
  • lex Christi, noun phrase. (Latin) “the law of Christ.”
  • limp, verb. To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily.
  • obscurantist, noun. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of obscurants or obscurantism (i.e., opposing or withholding the spread of knowledge).
  • Pantocrator, noun. All-powerful; almighty ruler; the omnipotent lord of the universe.
  • philologist, noun. One who is versed in philology (the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature).
  • rank, noun. A line of persons, especially soldiers, standing abreast in close-order formation (distinguished from file, q.v.).
  • remanationist, noun. One who advocates returning to the source, tradition, etc. (as in religion); also, one who advocates intense reflection on the things of God.
  • roscidating, adjective. Having a dewy or cooling effect.
  • sacra sui ipsius interpres, phrase. Scripture interprets Scripture (Latin, “Sacred Scripture is its own interpreter”). 
  • smaze, noun. A mixture of haze and smoke (and a portmanteau of the two words).
  • ultramontane, adjective. Of or relating to peoples or regions lying beyond the mountains, especially the Alps; supporting the authority of the papal court over national or diocesan authority; relating to or supporting the doctrine of papal supremacy.
  • vocable, noun. A word, term, name; a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.

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