Friday Phrases
Theory Thursday: Suffix Briefs Part 15
Steno Fitness: The Mountain Pose
The mountain pose, also referred to as “tadasana,” is the foundation for all standing yoga poses. According to the Yoga Journal, the mountain pose has the following benefits: Improves posture, reduces flat feet, firms abdomen and buttocks, relives sciatica, strengthens the knees and thighs, and strengthens the ankles.
Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Day: Fustigate
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: Shakespeare-Invented Words
QUESTION: How many words did Shakespeare Invent?
ANSWER: According to the website Shakespeare Online, Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words.
Some of the words he coined are: swagger, academe, barefaced, compromise, frugal, skim milk, gust, impartial, blushing, courtship, eyeball, obsequiously, moonbeam, mountaineer, marketable, gloomy, equivocal, elbow, cold-blooded, buzzer, excitement, lackluster, radiance, fixture, circumstantial, hobnob, majestic, champion, birthplace, zany, gossip, bandit, luggage, blanket.
Medical Monday: Pinta
Pinta is: “A tropical skin disease caused by a treponeme (a spirochete bacterium that is parasitic or pathogenic), and characterized by patches of discoloration. Also called carate.”
MACHINE BRIEFS:
OPTION #1: pinta= PIN/TA*
OPTION #2: pinta= PINT/TA*
OPTION #3: pinta= PINT/A*
OPTION #4: pinta= PAOEN/TA*
Court Reporter Spotted: The Salon
Merriam-Webster’s Word Of The Day: Mise En Scène
Mise en scène is defined as follows: “(1a) The arrangement of actors and scenery on a stage for a theatrical production. (1b) Stage setting. (2a) The physical setting of an action (as of a narrative or a motion picture). (2b) Environment, milieu.
MACHINE BRIEFS:
OPTION #1: mise en scène= MEAOZ/EN/SEN
OPTION #2: mise en scène= MEAOZ/EN/S*EN
OPTION #3: mise en scène= MEAOZ/*EN/SEN
OPTION #4: mise en scène= MEAOZ/*EN/S*EN


