{Wordtoid} Aesthetic is properly pronounced "esthetic", ignoring the A. The word originally meant any percieved senses, not just artistic sense or taste. This explains the antonym Anesthetic, meaning without senses.

{wordtoid}The name Bran in Game of Thrones is taken from the welsh word for Raven. Viewers of the show likely understand the importance of this.

Wordtoid coming later today, we apologize for the delay.

Pictured: A man very excited about his boner. Good for you, buddy, I'd be thrilled, too.

{Wordtoid}Saga comes form Old Norse meaning literally Saying. The sense is of an oral tradition or tale, many of which at the time were quite long and complex which inform the modern sense to mean "a very complex story."

Did... Did Nintendo just pitch their cloud saves as a protection racket? "Hey, uh, it'd be a real shame if maybe a thwomp or sumthin', I dunno, took a tumble onto your Switch is all I'm sayin'. If I was yous, I'd wanna back up my saves, you know?"

{Wordtoid} Fantasy comes to us from Greek, which means the F was originally a PH. It's related to modern words like Photo, Photon and other words to do with light because a fantasy is a vision, a light seen by the mind.

{Wordtoid} Troll has two distinct meanings that inform our current usage. The first comes from French and German, and means to Stroll about or Trawl about as one does with fishing bait. The second is Scandinavian and refers to the myth creature.

I'm at the point where if one of my comments DOESN'T get an upvote from Homeoftheblues, I really gotta re-evaluate my actions.

{Wordtoid} In keeping with yesterday's entry, Dungeon, Dragon comes from Latin and then Greek Drakon from which we also get Drake. Not originally descriptive of a serpent-like monster, but referring to its vision a rough translation being "Seer".

{Wordtoid} The word Dungeon comes from French Donjon by way of Latin, meaning Dominant. Originally the central tower of a castle, not an underground prison or labyrinth. The tower was often the most secure area, making it ideal for keeping prisoners.

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I'm thinking of starting up a daily Wordtoid in the mornings. I know folks like them and I think the only way I'll do them is to get into a rhythm with it. It'll be right before I head off to work, mornings EST. Like a Word of the Day kinda thing.

Captured something very special in the replay mode in PUBG. It's glitching in all the right ways, baby.

Sizzling hot take on DQ11 in the comments.

Everyone here should know who David Bull is. He's a woodblock printer over in Japan, he does a ton of videos and live streams about the traditional art of woodblock carving and sells them, several of which are related to games. Not cheap, but very good.

This is one hundo percent a real thing.

BWV 543 is among my favorite pieces of music, and Ton Koopman does it such justice. Pipe Organ music doesn't always have to be intense and powerful... But few things top it in that department. Few things in the world.

Dee and Dee! Side ways because reasons... anyway, I'm closest figure on the map. We are almost all dead!

From the FF14 Realm Reborn theme, the final line has stuck with me for years. "In the same fleeting moment thou must live, die and know." The phrasing just knocks the wind out of me.

It is now time... for some Bach. Sit. And listen.

Oh baby, today everything's coming up Melhouse.

Well, even ol' Dr. Mel gets to have good days sometimes. Got a sizable promotion today. It nearly doubles my income.

My friend is a top tier PUBG player. Proof: