Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Word Serendipity

Just got this from a Word-A-Day folks:

malversation (mal-vuhr-SAY-shuhn) noun

Corrupt behavior in public office.

[From Middle French malversation, from malverser (to embezzle), from Latin maleversari (to behave badly), from male (ill) + versari (to behave), from vertere (to turn). Ultimately from Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend) that is also the source of words such as wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, and universe.]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus

With the actions, legal violations, and God knows what else the Bushies have been up to, getting this word in the ol' email quite timely.

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