Another really good day at the REALTOR® Party Training Conference. Lots of political updates, behind the scene stories, insider jokes and bonding with our colleagues. True dat! there was time between meetings to also get a little bit of work done. The afternoon was devoted to planning for the upcoming year of advocacy and political action. I am the 2020 Vice-Chair of the Corporate Investor Council, and we have a really dynamic group of power-hitters on the council. It is going to be a great year, and we are going to exceed all expectations that are put before us. We are all motivated and happy to be participating. Then it was off to dinner with a bunch of our Texas peeps, and home (hotel) kind of early. Tomorrow is another early day, but it will be great!Megillah -- Noun. slang. a long involved story or account. The best man's speech was long and included the whole megillah of how he and the groom met and became best friends as teenagers.
Did You Know? Although megillah is a slang word in English, it has perfectly respectable Hebrew origins. Megillah derives from the Yiddish megile, which itself comes from the Hebrew word megillah, meaning "scroll" or "volume." (Megillah is especially likely to be used in reference to the Book of Esther, which is read aloud at Purim celebrations.) It makes sense, then, that when megillah first appeared in English in the mid-20th century, it referred to a story that was so long (and often tedious or complicated) that it was reminiscent of the length of the megillah scrolls. The Hebrew word is serious, but the Yiddish megile can be somewhat playful, and our megillah has also inherited that lightheartedness. Sheesh.
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