This week's theme: words from games and sports. standpatism or standpattism (STAND-PAT-iz-uhm) noun
The practice of refusing to consider change in one's beliefs and opinions, especially in politics. [The term has its origin in the game of poker. It stems from stand pat, to play one's hand as it's dealt, without drawing other cards.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=standpat -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Compromise and common sense? Self-righteous standpatism and pigheadedness? We ought to know which has the upper hand after the next three days." Ray Fitzgerald; Sports; Boston Globe; May 6, 1980. Sponsored by: Looking for romance, love or fun? We can match you to your ideal mate. We have over 3 million members in 100 countries http://WorldSoulMatch.com Free computational engine: http://www.computesoup.com General calculations or, for some special interests, click Help --> Fitness or Help --> Financial ............................................................................ There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen, musician (1934- ) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/standpatism.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/standpatism.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/standpatism.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
