Potomac Playground; Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. July 2016.
Dictation playing in my earphones + 80s & 90s hip-hop and R&B playing in the background, thanks to the park DJ= A great afternoon! [SIDEBAR: Yes, I can get every word, watch a basketball tournament, nod my head to the classics simultaneously.]
My goal for 2016, in regards to my dictionary building, is to get through to the letter “J” in The New International Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary by the end of the year. I’m currently still in the “E” section though. Smh. I’m going to have to step up my dictionary-building efforts expeditiously to meet this goal. I’ll do another update at the end of August/beginning of September, or when I get through another letter. This dictionary is about to be my new summertime BFF. Lol.
An auger is a tool that has a bit in the shape of a helix. This tool is used to bore holes in wood.
An augur is a soothsayer; a person who foretells events by omens. It is also a word used todecribe an official diviner of ancient Rome.
Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: auger= AURG
OPTION #2: auger= AU/G*ER
OPTION #3: auger= AUG/*ER
OPTION #1: augur= A*URG
OPTION #2: auger= AU/G*UR
OPTION #3: auger= AUG/*UR
Quixotic has the following definitions: Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. Foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals. Especially marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. Capricious, unpredictable.
Machine briefs:
OPTION #1: quixotic= QIX/OT/*IK
OPTION #2: quixotic= QIX/O*T/*IK
OPTION #3: quixotic= QIX/OT/T*IK
OPTION #4: quixotic= QIX/O*T/T*IK
OPTION #5: quixotic= QIX/O*KT
OPTION #6: quixotic= QIK/SOT/*IK
OPTION #7: quixotic= QIK/SOT/T*IK
OPTION #8: quixotic= QIX/SOT/*IK
OPTION #9: quixotic= QIX/SOT/T*IK
