[Rumori] Fwd: detritus: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Jon Nelson postconsumer01 at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 13 10:20:08 PDT 2005


Hey Rumorites and Detrivores. The secret word of the
day is...
Detritus!!!

jon nelson

www.PostConsumerProductions.com

--- Doctor Dictionary <doctor at dictionary.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:01 -0700
> To: "Dictionary.com Word of the Day"
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> From: Doctor Dictionary <doctor at dictionary.com>
> Subject: detritus: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
> 
> Word of the Day for Wednesday April 13, 2005
> 
>    detritus \dih-TRY-tuhs\, noun;
>    plural detritus:
>    1. Loose material that is worn away from rocks.
>    2.  Hence, any fragments separated from the body
> to which they
>    belonged; any product of disintegration; debris.
> 
>      The  water  was smooth and brown, with detritus
> swirling in
>      the eddies from the increasing current.
>      --Gordon  Chaplin,  [1]Dark Wind: A Survivor's
> Tale of Love
>      and Loss
> 
>      If they [flying cars] were easy to produce,
> we'd be walking
>      around  wearing  helmets to protect us from the
> detritus of
>      flying car crashes.
>      --Gail  Collins,  "Grounded  for  2000," [2]New
> York Times,
>      December 7, 1999
> 
>      The  loose  detritus  of thought, washed down
> to us through
>      long ages.
>      --H. Rogers, Essays
>     
>
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> 
>    Detritus  derives  from the past participle of
> Latin deterere,
>    "to  rub  away,  to  wear out," from de-, "from"
> + terere, "to
>    rub."  It  is related to detriment, at root "a
> rubbing away, a
>    wearing away," hence "damage, harm."
> 
> References
> 
>    1.
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452281822/ref%3Dnosim/lexico
>    2. http://www.nytimes.com/
> 
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