Happy Monday morning you intrepid challengers! Today is the official beginning of the 2013 April A to Z Blogging Challenge.I'm not changing much up from last year, since it was a formula that worked quite well for me, and since I like to focus more on visiting new blogs and meeting new bloggers than I do on my own posts. So, it's unique words and their etmologies again for me this year, starting with A.
Asinine
as·i·nine [asəˌnīn] adj. - utterly stupid or silly.
Synonyms: fatuous, inane, vacuous, mindless, foolish.
Etymology: c.1600, "obstinate, stupid," from Latin asininus "stupid," literally "like an ass," from asinus "ass," also "dolt, blockhead" (see ass (n.1)). The literal sense in English is recorded from 1620s.
Well that's it! We're off to a great start. Unfortunately, I'm actually out of town this week, so please be sure to visit my assistants:
and let them know if you have any questions, or need any help with the list. You can also contact any of us co-hosts, via the main A to Z Challenge Blog. Enjoy your month!
72 comments:
Mondays are truly asinine and should be banned! LOL!! Take care
x
Does the word blockhead immediately conjure up Charlie Brown, or is it just me? An asinine question, I bet.
Yes! You're sticking with the word bit! Love it... and I use Asinine ALL the time.
I get all tongue twisted when I say asasanine - see I even spelled it wrong. How very as *sounds the word out slowly*anine of me.
Haha, Steve! I was just thinking blockhead.
It is a word frequently in my vocabulary. Looking forward to the word for B.
Rhonda @Laugh-Quotes.com
AtoZ #42
Should be an interesting month of interesting words.
Susanne
PUTTING WORDS DOWN ON PAPER
From the Market to the Plate
Good word! I hope you have fun 'out of town'
Lx
I can think of some people that word would describe perfectly. I will have to ready to use in the perfect context......
Asinine, that word reminds me of a donkey..."hee haw"
Makes the word ass sound sophisticated!
Assinine is that like the @ss that hounds me in nine states. LOL just joking.
Love this word. Hope your enjoying the vaca.
LOL! You and I had a similar theme today. Hope you guys are having fun in the wizarding world.(:
I like the Latin asininus. Something about the word in Latin. Enjoy Harry Potter!
I had forgotten about this word... thanks for refreshing my memory.
Loved your word choice and all the funny comments.
A word that definitely sounds like what it means.
Ha-like this word, and haven't used it for awhile. Hmmm maybe I'll use it in a story today.
Great start. Good word.
This is my 3rd year doing weird and unusual words for the A-to-Z. Such fun! Asinine is a fabulous word...
Poor donkeys! Great theme! Looking forward to the rest of your words :)
How fun! Thanks for hosting this. And please visit us at http://citymusecountrymuse2012.blogspot.com/ where we are doing A-Z original poetry to celebrate National Poetry Month!
Thanks for the shout out Matt:)
I spelled this word wrong for years(assinine) but seeing the definition, I guess I wasn't as far off as I thought.
I actually knew this word already! I think it's a funny, slightly nicer and smarter-sounding way of saying, "You're an ass." Lol.
Jaimie
Living in the Light
This word nerd loves your theme. Asinine happens to be a favorite word too. Pity I have so many chances to use it...
Tina @ Life is Good
Co-host, April 2013 A-Z Challenge Blog
@TinaLifeisGood, #atozchallenge
Asinine is such a great word - it just oozes the same feeling as it's meaning. Looking forward to more words throughout the month!
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it's funny i use this word all the time... and never wrote it down, ever...
Jeremy [Retro]
AtoZ Challenge Co-Host
Oh No, Let's Go... Crazy
I bloody love etymology so I'm so pleased I happened across your blog on the first day of the challenge! I'll be sure to come back for more!
(Grover at Inane Ramblings)
I don't use this word often enough. LOL
Happy blogging!
For some reason my mom was in love with this word. Used it ALL THE TIME...so I'm quite familiar with it! :)
Great word and, unfortunately, abundant these days :)
Never mess with a good formula.
Welcome to the Challenge!
Happy Easter and Happy April Fools Day.
I love your theme: unique and unusual words need their place in the sun. I think Asinine is a great word to say - it takes effort and insults beautifully ;)
We have those moments. Don't everyone?! Haha
Dani & Jax @ Cover Girls
I enjoy your word etymologies!!
I love that word and could use it quite often at work but I resist.
I have a really great understanding of this word after working on the house we recently bought to use as a rental. The former owners did some asinine "fixes" to things--including parallel wiring the whole house so changing things up is an electrifying experience! Oy!
tm
Love words, so this will be a fun post.
That's a great word, I should use it more.
Happy A Day!
Bev
http://bev-thebevelededge.blogspot.com
Hope your week is a good one. Thanks for the word.
Seems like the perfect word for April Fool's Day.
Enjoy your wizard trip.
A perfect word to describe many politicians.
The title alone started me off with a good laugh.
Nothing asinine about the great A to Z Team. Thanks for being a part of it, Matt.
Lee
Wrote By Rote
An A to Z Co-host blog
I'm being asinine in not writing more!
Asinine is one of my favorite words.
I also particularly like vacuous, because it sounds so much like what it is.
And fatuous because it doesn't sound at all like what it is.
I enjoy quirky words. Look forward to seeing what other vocab you will share this month. New follower here from A to Z.
That's a great word. It sounds like it means, almost like onomatopoeia but in a more cerebral than literal sense.
I know some asinine people.
I have to admit I've been asinine from time to time :) Good start for the challenge.
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I love the word asinine. It's not used enough in every day language.
KC @ The Occasional Adventures of a Hermit & Oh Frog It
love the word! English is not my native language, so it helps learning more.
Love your word choice. I deal with it every dang day. Hey. It's local politics. What can I say?
Asinine is a word I haven't heard much in a while. It goes to the point though. Nice start for A-Z.
Great word! It's a word I like to use when I'm feeling particularly snippy.
Words as a theme seems to be very popular. Must have something to do with writers. Do you think?
That is a nice start. I do love learning how words and phrases made their way into our everyday language!
I love your theme! I am looking forward to seeing what other lovely words you have chosen.
I do find that asinine is a fantastic and underutilized word. Thanks for sharing it's etymology.
Great word... far to underused!
In England, we say "arsenine" LOL What a great word :)
A great theme - I love learning about word origins.
Happy to be a minion too!
Great word. It's just one of those words I love, and I don't really know why. I'd never looked up the definition of course (though I generally knew what it meant) so it's interesting to read the exact definition. Great choice for the starting post!
That was a fun word to start the challenge.
Asinine - perfectly describes one of my husband's professors.
Be that as it may - hope you are havnig a great time out of town!
I find word history fascinating. Words like integer take on a whole new meaning when you know where they came from.
-Maurice Mitchell
The Geek Twins
hah! I use asinine a lot in conversation and in my writing. It's one of those fun words that make the average person give you the strangest of expressions. Which proves the point of using the word. >:)
I learned the word asinine from my choir director. She said we were being asinine and juvenile :D
Great theme! Can't wait to learn more!
Sam
Writing Through College
I sometimes think donkeys get a bad rap, man! :P
Nice theme!
Hello Matt.
Thanks for the follow and it is nice to meet you too. I'm going to enjoy your theme as I've always been curious about the origin of words. You've also given me additional reading as I'm going to go back to your 2012 challenge to see what I've missed.
Good luck with the rest of this year's challenge! :)
Luna
www.moonlightandhershadow.blogspot.com
I do like this word and need to find a way to use it in conversation.
I love that word "blockhead." Reminds me of Charlie Brown.
checking you out via Stormy A-Z. Looks like a most interesting blog challenge using words and their etymologies. Here in South Africa (UK English) we spell etymology with a 'y' ..
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