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expatiate
verb
to move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, etc., without restraint.
More about expatiate
The English verb expatiate comes from Latin 别虫辫补迟颈腻迟耻蝉, 别虫蝉辫补迟颈腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 别虫辫补迟颈腻谤墨, 别虫蝉辫补迟颈腻谤墨 鈥渢o move, run, or flow away beyond bounds, spread out,鈥� a compound of the prefix ex– 鈥渙ut of, throughout鈥� and the verb 蝉辫补迟颈腻谤墨 鈥渢o walk about leisurely, stroll鈥� (and the source of German spazieren 鈥渢o take a walk, stroll鈥�). 厂辫补迟颈腻谤墨 is a derivative of the noun spatium 鈥渆xpanse of ground, area, space, racetrack, playing field, act (of a play).鈥� Expatiate entered English in the 16th century.
how is expatiate used?
… at every step of this mental process, sufficient time must be allowed for the imagination to expatiate on the objects before it, till the ideas approximate, as near as possible, to the reality.
He was troubled too about his love, though when he allowed his mind to expatiate on the success of the great railway he would venture to hope that on that side his life might perhaps be blessed.
JOMO
noun
Slang.
a feeling of contentment with one鈥檚 own pursuits and activities, without worrying over the possibility of missing out on what others may be doing.
More about JOMO
JOMO, the acronym for 鈥渢he joy of missing out,鈥� and its opposite, FOMO 鈥渢he fear of missing out,鈥� both entered English around the same time, in the early years of the 21st century.
how is JOMO used?
Don鈥檛 think of JOMO as a detox, but more like an integral part to a healthy, well-balanced nutrition plan for your brain.
JOMO allows us to live life in the slow lane, to appreciate human connections, to be intentional with our time, to practice saying 鈥渘o鈥� ….
mother wit
noun
natural or practical intelligence, wit, or sense.
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Mother knows best, as they say. In mother wit, the word mother means “innate, inborn.” Wit comes from a very widespread Proto-Indo-European root weid-, woid-, wid– 鈥渢o see, know.鈥� This root appears in Latin 惫颈诲脓谤别 鈥渢o see,鈥� Sanskrit veda 鈥渒nowledge,鈥� Greek 颈诲别卯苍 (and dialect w颈诲别卯苍) 鈥渢o know鈥� (literally 鈥渢o have seen鈥�), Slavic (Czech) 惫臎诲臎迟 鈥渢o know鈥� and 惫颈诲臎迟 鈥渢o see.鈥� From wid– Germanic (Old English) has the verb witan 鈥渢o know.鈥� In Old English the first and third person singular form was 飞腻迟 鈥淚 know; he/she/it knows,鈥� which survives today as the obsolete word wot (鈥淕od wot鈥�). Mother wit entered English in the 15th century.
how is mother wit used?
… not one of the rest of us had the guts, the gumption, or the mother wit to recognize where all four of us were headed and drag the fool to a stop.
翱苍别’蝉听mother wit聽was a precious sort of necromancy, which could pierce every mystery at first sight ….