Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Pow
Meaning: An exclamation; the sound of a collision or explosion.
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SNP’s word of the day: Kismet
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Kismet
Meaning: Fate, or sometimes destiny; from the Turkish qismet or Arabic qismah, meaning “portion” or “lot.”
SNP’s word of the day: Cacography
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Cacography
Definition: Bad, messy handwriting, from Greek kakos (bad) and graphy (writing). The opposite of calligraphy. It can also mean bad spelling, but you don’t want to get me started on that, f’reals.
SNP’s word of the day: McLuhanism
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: McLuhanism
Definition: Basically, a set of principles derived from and defined by the thinking of McLuhan, as in Marshall, the ’60s radical thinker and media prophet. You literally can’t be Canadian and go to high school without knowing at least one thing about him: usually, that “the medium is the message.”
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SNP’s word of the day: Man-acle
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Man-acle
Definition: One who makes slaves of men; serial heart-stealer; divorce queen. Okay, I semi-made it up from the word for handcuffs, manacle. P.S. I definitely do not mean ball and chain; gross.
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SNP’s word of the day: Titian
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Titian
Meaning: The Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1488) known for naturalistic colour, realistic brushwork and versatility. He painted portraits, landscapes and religious images equally well—but in colour lexicon, he’s remembered for one thing: the auburn colour he painted. The term “titian” refers to a natural, though not usual, shade of red found in hair—famously created by the artist. He loved redheaded honeys like nobody’s business.
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SNP’s word of the day: Vérité
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Every day of every week, I define, and opine on, some cultural mot du jour. It’s like Sesame Street, but fancy. Today my favourite word is “vérité,” as in cinema, Cassavetes, and… reality television.
Word: “Vérité,” as in “Cinema Vérité”
Meaning: A genre of film and television that aims to show more of life’s reality by representing it in a truthful way, i.e. with realistic dialogue, natural lighting, and seemingly happenstance action.
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