What do you call a partial group of admins? A flock? A gaggle? A confusion? A covey? A herd? I am not sure, but this is a partial group of the Cooke'd Admins that attended the NAR Broker Summit in Austin over the last couple of days. There were more of us, but this is (apparently) all Candy could herd (A herd?) up for the photo. Erica was in the queue for her presentation and I am not sure where Christy was. BUT...overall, it was a good conference, lots of good information shared, lots of topics that can make you stop, think, quake in your boots, and try to take the precautions that will ensure your continued successes in our profession. The next conference (2020) will be in Hollywood, so that will be interesting, assuming that it does not fall off or anything like that!Effete -- Adjective. 1. no longer fertile. 2. having lost character, vitality, or strength: soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence. 3. having feminine qualities untypical of a man. The novel paints a complex portrait of the weak, effete society that marked the final years of the Roman empire.
Did You Know? Effete derives from the Latin effetus, meaning "no longer fruitful," and for a brief time in English it was used to describe an animal no longer capable of producing offspring. For most of its existence in English, however, the use of effete has been entirely figurative. The usual figurative sense of the word was for many years "exhausted" or "worn out." But since at least the beginning of the 20th century, effete has also been used to suggest over-refinement, weakness of character, snobbery, and effeminacy. It's these meanings you're most likely to encounter today.
No comments:
Post a Comment