Words of the day 10/6/10

Assassin –noun                                               

2. ( initial capital letter ) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders.

1530s (in Anglo-L. from mid-13c.), via Fr. and It., from Arabic hashishiyyin "hashish-users," pl. of hashishiyy, from hashish (q.v.). A fanatical Ismaili Muslim sect of the time of the Crusades, under leadership of the "Old Man of the Mountains" (translates Arabic shaik-al-jibal, name applied to Hasan ibu-al-Sabbah), with a reputation for murdering opposing leaders after intoxicating themselves by eating hashish. The pl. suffix -in was mistaken in Europe for part of the word (cf. Bedouin).

Answers to Which Words 004
Ululate-(b) to howl as a dog, Literal-(c) following the letter, Moray-(a) a kind of eel

Which Words 005
Natal (a)beginning to exist (b)relating to birth (c)swimming or floating
Ovipara (a)a rudimentary seed (b)enthusiastic applause (c)egg-laying animals
Pectoral (a)relating to the chest (b)having divisions like toes (c)mildly hungry

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“You have to love someone with TWO asses.”

~ Oscar Wilde on Assassin

“The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach”

~ Assassin proverb

Known as ass-ass-in, an assassin is an individual (such as an alien, robot, and/or albino priest) who has placed his or her ass on the line by attempting to eradicate the ass of some other individual by inducing coma, death, or conversion to Scientology. Many assassins are taught their trade at University, though some are trained in the Army and some are Ninjas.

interestly, 'hired assassin' is known as hitman from 1970, from hit in the underworld sense + man.

Why are (hit)men better than (hit)women?

you know women don't like blood very much and they are the ones who hired them to knock of thiers cheating husband !

So women never cheat! (not that we're allowed to talk about it here). You learn something every day.

Ha! Of course not! What are you suggesting, Sir?? HANG THE BLASPHEMER!

oh just what Arabs need, blaming us for the word Assassin now huh .. (credit we don't need lol) ah, when does it end