This week's theme: Latin terms in English. ipso facto (IP-so FAK-to) adverb
By the very fact or action. [Latin ipso facto (by the fact itself).] The counterpart of this term is ipso jure, which means by reason of a particular law. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=ipso+facto -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "'Spiritually, I'm a New Yorker,' [Norman Mailer] said. 'If you grow up in Brooklyn, you're a New Yorker ipso facto.'" Colin Miner; Mailer on Bush, Obama & Writing; The Sun (New York); Jan 22, 2007. Sponsors' messages: Rent A Coder : How software gets done. http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/Default.asp?txtFromURL=AId_1671936 Announce your products, services, or message here. Reach more than 600,000 people in this space. Simple and cost-effective. Write to us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. -Paul Valery, poet and philosopher (1871-1945) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/ipso_facto.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/ipso_facto.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/ipso_facto.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
