Nudiustertian, along with Overmorrow.

Nudiustertian:
To be very stubborn in your views, an act of stubbornness  -Kimmery
The Day before yesterday  -Mazha
A green Lettuce Salad served with Fresh fish  -Popsarooni
Morning  -Jessers

Overmorrow:
To reconcile a difference, to settle an argument between to people  -Banana-nana-fo-Kim
The Day after tomorrow  - Moooommmm
A Chocolatey dessert served after a Nudiustertian.   -Pop-corn
Nighttime  -Jessie


Goshdangit, Mom...  Why? And apparently, Dad had the same idea, but didn't want to copy mom...
Nudiustertian is a very convenient, yet incredibly difficult to pronounce, word that simply means the day before yesterday.  It comes from the Latin Phrase Nudius Tertius.  But wait! I can break those terms down!
Nudius is a combination of the roots Nunc, meaning "Now" + Dies, which is just another word for "Today", and + -Est, meaning "It is".  So Nudius literally means Today is the Day.  When this is combined with Tertius, simply meaning 3rd, Nudius Tertius is synonymous with Today, it is the Third Day.

So, there was this Puritan Minister, and his name was Nathaniel Ward. He lived from the 1570s to 1852. He is credited with writing the first constitution in the place we now call America.
Anyways, Ward wrote a book called The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America.  This "book", which was actually "a vigorously written pamphlet defending the status quo and attacking, tolerance."  -Britannica.
The reason I bring this up is because Ward was the first person, that we know of, to use the term Nudiustertian.

Now, I'd like to share with you this quote from Ward's book:
It is known more then enough, that I am neither Nigard, nor Cinick, to the due bravery of the true Gentry: if any man mislikes a bully mong drossock more then I, let him take her for his labour: I honour the woman that can honour her selfe with her attire: a good Text alwayes deserves a fair Margent: I am not much offended if I see a trimme, far trimmer than she that wears it: in a word, whatever Christianity or Civility will allow, I can afford with Londonmeasure: but when I heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire what dresse the Queen is in this week: what the nudiustertian fashion of the Court; I meane the very newest: with egge to be in it in all haste, what ever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if shee were of a kickable substance, than either honour'd or humour'd.

What I have gathered from this quote is that there is a court. And there is a Queen or just a plain old woman who is dressed oddly.  After something about religion, and the day before yesterday... I don't even understand... Do people actually like to read these?

Mkay. That was the last Blog of 2013. Have a nice holiday! :D

Griffonage (Griff--Un--Nojjjjjj)

I really wish for a specific font right now. I don't know if wordpress allows different fonts, but if they do, I am very jealous. See, I need a specific font for the word Griffonage, which means none of the following:

French word referring to a particular decorating style for Christmas Trees. -Mother Mom

A charge particle effect around a statically charged ball.  Like with that crystal ball, when you touch it and your hair stands up.  -Father Dad

The extent to which a person(s) resemble Peter Griffin, either in demeanor or character-Brother Kevin

...Writing hedgehogs...  -Sister Jessie

A version of something else that has wings...  -Cousin Dan

An indentation on the side of a castle, located outside of a window. -Sister Kimmy

Well, the fact is, Griffonage is a highly messy and illegible handwriting. And now you see why I need a handwriting font on Blogger.

The word Griffonage comes from the French word grifouner, which roughly means to scribble. This is not to be confused with a Griffone, which is an incredibly adorable dog:

Grifouner originates from the French root Griffe-, which is a claw, or a scratch.  In the French language, a griffe can be used as either a claw or a manufacturing label, like a brand.  

So, in that case, translating "The cat's claw ruined my designer label" would be "La griffe du chat a ruiné ma griffe."  Anyways, back to Griffonage...

Griffonage has been mentioned in a few stories and novels. Not many, but books like To the Gold Coast for Gold, where the author talks about his trip to West Africa. He states "The rock is covered in griffonages, and some square-cut legible letters..." 

I know this isn't as sufficient as a blog post as in the past, but I guarantee that next week's will knock your knee-high socks off.

Contranym

So, I'm going to start off here with several words. See if you notice anything they all have in common:
Off                                       Fighting with someone                              Apparent
Unpacked                             Out                                                             Seed
Strike                                   Left                                                            Bolt

Give up?

All these words are contranyms.

I bet you're wondering what a contranym is.  But first...

Jessie: A synonym of an antonym (Kind of ironic. The antonym is the synonym)

Mom: An opposite name, Like Spiderman and Anti-Spiderman/Birdman.

Dad: Censored words.

Actually, Jess was the closest to the real meaning.

A contranym is a word that is the antonym of itself.  "What?! How does that even work?!" I can hear you asking through your monitor. Well, it actually does work.

For example, above:

Off means both deactivated, and activated.  "The light turned off."//"The alarm went off."

Unpacked can mean both empty, like a room after someone moves out, or filled up, like a room after someone moved in.

Strike, in baseball, is a miss of the ball, but also when somebody strikes the ball, hitting it.

If you are fighting with someone, are you fighting on their team, or against them?

So, the XBox One is finally out, but I bet if you go to BestBuy, it'll be all out.

So, I went to BestBuy toget the XBox One, and there was 1 left. Lines were short because everyone left.

She bolted the dog house to the ground so her dog couldn't bolt off.

It is apparent that apparent means both obvious and slightly seeming as if...

Yolanda seeded her garden so she would have plants in a few months. But as she went to seed the apples off her tree, they were all rotten!*

The word contranym was coined by some guy named Jack Herring, in 1962, but when he made it, it was spelled contronym.  Fun fact.

Okay. Next week, I will really try to get a word with more historical references to it.

This is just one of those words that is an interesting word, that just has no history to it.

Here, if you want some fun reading...

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/75-contronyms-words-with-contradictory-meanings/

I think my word for next week will be Griffonage, which is not a mythological figure.

I did some research. This one does have some historical references to it.

*I'm not too sure about these last two. I saw them on multiple websites, but I have never heard seed or apparent in their second forms...