my vulnerability is political. my vulnerability is sharp. my vulnerability is how i’ve come to survive. my vulnerability is soft. my vulnerability stares into your eyes. my vulnerability is about learning how to share as much as others as they’ve shared with me. my vulnerability is important.
sobreity
Word of the Day - Ordinary
or·di·nar·y
[awr-dn-er-ee]
adjective, noun, plural -nar·ies.
adjective
1.of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
2.plain or undistinguished: ordinary clothes.
3.somewhat inferior or below average; mediocre.
4.customary; usual; normal: We plan to do the ordinary things this weekend.
5.Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. common, vulgar, or disreputable.
6.(of jurisdiction) immediate, as contrasted with something that is delegated.
7.(of officials) belonging to the regular staff or the fully recognized class.
noun
8.the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.: ability far above the ordinary.
8.the commonplace or average condition, degree, etc.: ability far above the ordinary.
9.something regular, customary, or usual.
10.Ecclesiastical .
a.an order or form for divine service, especially that for saying Mass.
b.the service of the Mass exclusive of the canon.
a.an order or form for divine service, especially that for saying Mass.
b.the service of the Mass exclusive of the canon.
11.History/Historical . a member of the clergy appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death.
12.English Ecclesiastical Law . a bishop, archbishop, or other ecclesiastic or his deputy, in his capacity as an ex officio ecclesiastical authority.
13.(in some U.S. states) a judge of a court of probate.
14.British . (in a restaurant or inn) a complete meal in which all courses are included at one fixed price, as opposed to à la carte service.
15.a restaurant, public house, or dining room serving all guests and customers the same standard meal or fare.
16.a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
17.Heraldry .
a.any of the simplest and commonest charges, usually having straight or broadly curved edges.
b. honorable ordinary.
a.any of the simplest and commonest charges, usually having straight or broadly curved edges.
b. honorable ordinary.
Idioms
18. in ordinary, in regular service: a physician in ordinary to the king.
18. in ordinary, in regular service: a physician in ordinary to the king.
19. out of the ordinary,
a.exceptional; unusual: Having triplets is certainly out of the ordinary.
b.exceptionally good; unusually good: The food at this restaurant is truly out of the ordinary.
a.exceptional; unusual: Having triplets is certainly out of the ordinary.
b.exceptionally good; unusually good: The food at this restaurant is truly out of the ordinary.
Word of the Day - Chase
chase
[cheys] verb, chased, chas·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
2.to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
3.to follow or devote one’s attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.: He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
4.to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
–verb (used without object)
5.to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
6.to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
–noun
7.the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
8.an object of pursuit; something chased.
9.Chiefly British . a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
10.British . the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
11.a steeplechase.
12.the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
—Verb phrase
13.give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
—Idiom
14.cut to the chase, Informal . to get to the main point.