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Jul 19, 2024
This week’s themeWhose what? This week’s words Chekhov's gun Parkinson's law Barney's bull John Thomson's man collier's faith ![]() ![]() Illustration: Anu Garg + AI Next week’s theme Look Ma, no affix! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargcollier’s faith
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: Unreasonable faith; blind faith.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fides carbonarii (collier’s faith), from German köhlerglaube
(collier’s faith). The term may have arisen from the dangerous and
uncertain nature of coal mining. Earliest documented use: 1680.
USAGE:
“Our love for art might inspire in us a collier’s faith to say what
others have said before and will say again after us. Namely that even
if the situation is ominous, and even if we’re very poor &c. &c., yet
we firmly concentrate on one single thing, on painting, naturally.” [Van
Gogh writing to his brother Theo, circa Nov 8, 1883] Patrick Grant; Reading Vincent van Gogh: A Thematic Guide to the Letters; 2016. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die
in. -George McGovern, senator, author, professor, and WWII pilot (19 Jul
1922-2012)
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