A word everyday, its meaning and a use.

merlon
Three merlons at the top of this rook: ♖.

Pedagogy
(/ˈpɛdəɡɒdʒi, -ɡoʊdʒi, -ɡɒɡi/)
most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners.
Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning.
Both the theory and practice of pedagogy vary greatly, as they reflect different social, political, and cultural contexts.
Pedagogy is often described as the act of teaching.

"...shared problem follows a now-common formula with updated math pedagogies of different kinds. A parent, who hasn’t read or just isn’t given the right materials to understand the pedagogy, takes a clip out of context and laughs at how it seems to be nonsense."

Plot: a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or unlawful end

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot,
I know of no reason why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.

repine: to feel or express dejection or discontent

"All his journeys were ruggedly performed; for he was always steadfast in a purpose of saving money for Emily's sake, when she should be found. In all this long pursuit, I never heard him repine; I never heard him say he was fatigued, or out of heart." — Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, 1850

blather

[ blath-er ]
noun
foolish, voluble talk:
His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
verb (used with or without object)
Also blith·er [blith-er] . to talk or utter foolishly; babble:
The poor thing blathered for hours about the intricacies of his psyche.

mal du pays
[ mal dy pey-ee ]
noun
French

homesickness

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF MAL DU PAYS?
Mal du pays is French for “homesickness,” formed from the noun mal, “evil, hurt, harm,” from the Latin adjective and noun malus “bad, wicked,” and pays, “country, land, region.” Pays comes from Vulgar Latin pāgēnsis, pāgēsis, “inhabitant of a region,” equivalent to Latin pāgānus, which has two meanings: “pertaining to a pāgus” (“rural community” ), and “civilian, civil, citizen,” a military usage, but used by reputable authors (Tacitus, Suetonius). Roman military slang influenced Latin Christianity: Tabernāculum meant “pup tent, shelter half” (English tabernacle, for both Jewish and Christian usage); sacrāmentum, “the oath of loyalty that a soldier swore annually to his commanding general” (English sacrament), and pāgānus “civilian,” meant “non-Christian, non-Jewish,” English pagan. Mal du pays entered English in the second half of the 18th century.

Discretion:
Discretion has the meaning of acting on one's own authority and judgment. In law, discretion as to legal rulings, such as whether evidence is excluded at a trial, may be exercised by a judge. Some view discretion negatively, while some view it positively.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Discretion:
Discretion has the meaning of acting on one's own authority and judgment. In law, discretion as to legal rulings, such as whether evidence is excluded at a trial, may be exercised by a judge. Some view discretion negatively, while some view it positively.

Useful synonyms for discretion would include diplomacy and tact.

Pejorative.
Why does he ALWAYS speak in a pejorative manner whenever he opens his mouth???

@happy-chappy said
Pejorative.
Why does he ALWAYS speak in a pejorative manner whenever he opens his mouth???

DNA!!! 😉 😛

Everyone should already know the meaning and use of that!

-VR

prescient
[ presh-uhnt, ‐ee-uhnt pree-shuhnt, ‐shee-uhnt ]
adjective
having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight.

HOW IS PRESCIENT USED?

He was known to have had prescient visions that were accurate, penetrating, and defied four-dimensional explanation.
FRANK HERBERT, DUNE, 1965

Seen now, “The Social Network,” about the founding of Facebook and the lawsuits that followed, feels grimly prescient and perhaps representative of how the past few years since the movie premiered—and the past few months of the pandemic—have changed our relationship to social media and each other.
MAYA PHILLIPS, "'THE SOCIAL NETWORK'

to primp

: to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner

...and I thought it was "pimp" one lives to learn

@ponderable said
to primp

: to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner

...and I thought it was "pimp" one lives to learn

LOL @ Pondy!.... not bad!

-VR

insinuation
[ in-sin-yoo-ey-shuhn ]
noun
an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature:
She made nasty insinuations about her rivals.

covert or artful suggestion or hinting, as of something implied:
His methods of insinuation are most ingenious.

subtle or artful instillment into the mind.
the art or power of stealing into the affections and pleasing; ingratiation:
He made his way by flattery and insinuation.

Archaic. a slow winding, worming, or stealing in.

Obsolete. an ingratiating act or speech.
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when a poster is intimidated by the terms of service of the website, and feels he cannot say exactly what he means, he turns to insinuation to try and score points against his forum adversaries...

@handyandy said
Useful synonyms for discretion would include diplomacy and tact.

Are you saying we should be using more deplomacy and tact?

-VR