There is no rhyme or reason (used for emphasizing that there is no reason or explanation for something) about what is going on out here with the cat(s). The grey cat (Joel has decided on the name Smokey) has been AWOL for about five days, and we expected it had been cast out by Barney. Barney has been in evidence for the last several days, but today there is no sign of him. But Smokey is back, looking like (s)he owns the place. (S)he is actually much more friendly than Barney, but I still don't get what the hell is going on.
Expatriate -- Noun. a person who lives in a foreign country. also, a person who has renounced his or her native country. This high-rise apartment building houses a large number of expatriates who currently work here in the capital.
Did You Know? Patria, the Latin work for 'native country,' is derived from pater, meaning "father." (Patria is occasionally used for "native country" in English, too.) Speakers of Medieval Latin combined patria with the prefix ex- ("out of") to form the verb expatriare, meaning "to leave one's native country," which led our verb expatriate in the 18th century and the adjective and noun expatriate in the 19th century. We also have repatriate (from Late Latin repatriare), which is a verb meaning "to return to one's native country" and a noun meaning "one who is repatriated."
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