This week in AWAD: assorted words. anathema (uh-NATH-uh-muh) noun
1. Something or someone intensely disliked. 2. A ban, curse, or vigorous denunciation. [From Late Latin, from Greek anathema (something devoted to evil).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=anathema "Our columnist, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, may well be right that Madonna should be considered anathema to the feminist movement because she has 'spawned a tragic world where, according to Time magazine, 40 percent of American teenage girls now wear thongs and thousands of college girls lift their shirts in exchange for a T-shirt.'" Welcome, Madonna; Jerusalem Post (Israel); Sep 19, 2004. Sponsors' Messages: The delights of "Prinderella and the Since," "Beeping Sleauty," and 41 other tales twisted by Col Stoopnagle can be yours from http://stoneandscott.com Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com or http://amazon.com/o/asin/b00005btb8/entspire-20 Customize Thinking Putty as a Corporate Gift! Adult-sized handfuls, fun colors, and your own full color artwork: http://puttyworld.com/custom.html ............................................................................ War would end if the dead could return. -Stanley Baldwin, statesman (1867-1947) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). For subscriber services, visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/anathema.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/anathema.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/anathema.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
