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[cookiepuss]

this thread is edumacational! we can all help each other learn new words. Pretty much everyone comes across a word they don't know at least daily or maybe once a week if you never read. this thread is for words you didn't know, but now have learned.

"No matter how despotic a leader is, he becomes a symbol of his country, or even synonymous with it," she said, explaining why many Iraqis and other Arabs were uncomfortable seeing an agitated Saddam arguing in the Iraqi court.

despotic is an adjective that comes from the noun despot...
Main Entry: des·pot
Pronunciation: 'des-p&t, -"pät
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French despote, from Greek despotEs master, lord, autocrat, from des- (akin to domos house) + -potEs (akin to posis husband); akin to Sanskrit dampati lord of the house -- more at DOME, POTENT
1 a : a Byzantine emperor or prince b : a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church c : an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance
2 a : a ruler with absolute power and authority b : a person exercising power tyrannically

ok. there. you learned something.

[Freebasser]

'angin' ang.in adjective

A Mancunian word that's used to describe a rather ugly person.

1. 'E'y'are, tha' lass is fair 'angin'.

[Pres Zount]

You assume that we don't already know these words.

There, you learnt two; 'assume' and 'we'. Go and look them up to learn them properly.

[Freebasser]

Wait, I just read the disclaimer. It says a thread for words you just discovered, but I've been saying my word since I was in primary school.