51吃瓜 of the Day
borborygmi
plural noun
rumbling or gurgling sounds caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
Why Abiola Mubarak Mohammed chose borborygmi
As a prize for winning the Dictionary Derby, Abiola Mubarak Mohammed, a medical professional, chose today's 51吃瓜 of the Day. When asked why borborygmi was chosen for 51吃瓜 of the Day, Abiola Mubarak Mohammed wrote, "It was the first word that crossed my mind the moment this golden opportunity availed itself. It was my medical word of choice for the most intriguing medical term entry in my final year (in my yearbook). The word simply speaks for itself."
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Borborygmi 鈥済urgling sounds in the intestines鈥� is the plural of borborygmus, which indicates a single gurgling sound. Like many singular Latin nouns ending in -us, this ending switches to -i in the plural form, but remember that not all -us nouns from Latin change in this way; one opus becomes two opera, one octopus becomes two octopodes, and鈥攖echnically鈥攐ne Prius should become two Priora, though the hypercorrection Prii has won over in popularity. The y in borborygmi shows that, before Latin, the word was borrowed from Ancient Greek: one 产辞谤产辞谤测驳尘贸蝉 and two 产辞谤产辞谤测驳尘辞铆, with the -os and -oi endings becoming Latinized to -us and -i according to the custom at the time. 叠辞谤产辞谤测驳尘贸蝉 was created by imitating the rumbling sound in question, and for a similarly formed word, compare 产谩谤产补谤辞蝉 鈥渇oreign,鈥� the source of barbarian and the name Barbara. Borborygmi was first recorded in English in the 1710s.
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Whoo, that was embarrassing. I accidentally let my borborygmi go. Of course, borborygmi is involuntary, I can鈥檛 help it. Borborygmi, the rumbling sound of your gut, doesn鈥檛 come from your stomach, nor is it solely because you鈥檙e hungry.
For all that the dog is demonic and the detective dazzling, the genius of The Hound of the Baskervilles lies in its main location 鈥�. This bog鈥檚 borborygmi, says the novel鈥檚 villain, cause the ghostly howling that can sometimes be heard, but the natives say it鈥檚 the hound, and they鈥檙e right.
egalitarian
adjective
asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.
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Egalitarian 鈥渃haracterized by belief in the equality of all people鈥� is an alteration of equalitarian, with French 茅驳补濒 replacing the equal- component. Both English equal and French 茅驳补濒 come from Latin 补别辩耻腻濒颈蝉 鈥渆qual, like,鈥� based on aequus 鈥渆ven, plain, just,鈥� an adjective of unknown origin. Aequus is the source of English adequate, equal, equilibrium, equinox, equivalent, and iniquity. The evolution from Latin 补别辩耻腻濒颈蝉 to French 茅驳补濒 reflects three common sound changes: Latin ae usually becomes French 茅, Latin qu between vowels often becomes French g, and Latin suffixes such as -is are either reduced to -e or even dropped entirely. For the first of these changes, compare Latin prae with French 辫谤茅- 鈥渂efore,鈥� and for the other two, compare Latin aquila with French aigle 鈥渆补驳濒别.鈥� Egalitarian was first recorded in English in the early 1880s.
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Yet even many couples who pride themselves on a fair distribution of duties aren鈥檛 so balanced when it comes to carrying the harder-to-quantify 鈥渕ental load,鈥� the taxing work of managing a household and anticipating its many needs. (Same-sex couples tend to be more egalitarian, but can end up in lopsided arrangements as well.)
Bitcoin represents a techno-utopian dream. Satoshi Nakamoto, its pseudonymous inventor, proposed that the world run not on centralized financial institutions but on an egalitarian, math-based electronic money system distributed through a computer network.
suffrage
noun
the right to vote, especially in a political election.
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Suffrage 鈥渢he right to vote鈥� comes from Latin 蝉耻蹿蹿谤腻驳颈耻尘 鈥渧oting tablet,鈥� and though suffrage resembles suffer, the two are not completely related. While suffer comes from Latin sufferre 鈥渢o endure,鈥� suffrage is ultimately based on the verb 蝉耻蹿蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 鈥渢o support.鈥� These two Latin verbs share a prefix, the preposition sub 鈥渦nder鈥� (which assimilates to suf- when followed by an f for easier pronunciation), but sufferre combines sub with ferre 鈥渢o bear,鈥� and the -蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 part of 蝉耻蹿蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 is of uncertain origin. The most popular hypothesis is that -蹿谤腻驳腻谤墨 is related to the verb frangere 鈥渢o break,鈥� which would make suffrage a relative of fracture, fragile, fragment, and frangible. Suffrage was first recorded in English in the late 14th century.
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Prominent U.S. suffrage organizations ignored the exclusion of Puerto Rican women from the 19th Amendment鈥攋ust as many of them ignored the struggles of women of color to gain citizenship or exercise voting rights within the states 鈥�. Not until another electoral coalition including Socialists won control of the Puerto Rican legislature in 1933 did it become possible to extend suffrage to all women.
References are often made to the challenges concerning universal suffrage in Somalia, but in fact, away from the central government in Mogadishu, some states in the Somali federal system are showing what is possible鈥攆or example, the state of Puntland successfully made local elections with a one person, one vote system in some districts in recent months.