{"id":179,"date":"2021-04-03T07:44:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordofweek.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2021-04-03T07:46:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T12:46:59","slug":"word-of-the-week-51-de-facto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordofweek.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"W<\/strong>ORD OF THE <\/strong>W<\/strong>EEK <\/strong>#51 \u2013 de facto<\/a><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the news this week!

Given the strong economic recovery but stubbornly easy monetary policy, the Fed is de facto<\/strong> continuing to ease policy. <\/em>WSJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a great word to have in your vocabulary.  In the above example you could substitute de facto <\/strong>with \u201cin effect\u201d.  Read it again, and you will see that it makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De facto is defined as ” being such in effect though not formally recoganized or contrary to established law”. Example: <\/a>\u201cWith the death of his father, he became the de facto<\/strong> head of the family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that example de facto<\/strong> is used as an adjective.  It can also be used as an adverb:  \u201cThe company has been de facto<\/strong> divided into two separate units.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is pronounced as you might expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDe facto<\/strong>\u201d parents would be parents who serve in that role but are not the actual parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A de facto <\/em><\/strong>state of war\u201d<\/em> is a war that has not been officially declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question:\u00a0 Since the Vietnam war was never a “declared war” was it a de facto war?\u00a0 Over 58,000 Americans in uniform died in that war and many more perished after the war as a direct consequence of the use of cancer-causing Agent Orange used to defoliate the jungle. \u00a0\u00a0Then there are the thousands of soldiers that suffered a lifetime from PTSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunrise at the memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you know that this statue is also a part of the Viet Nam memorial, dedicated to the field nurses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This will be a very handy word to use as part of your growing vocabulary.\u00a0 It will make you appear smart, even if you are not\u2026.and certainly not pretentious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this word hit the following link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/de%20facto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A previous \u201cWord of the Week\u201d revisited:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

anarchy –  absence of government – “The revolution began when anarchy took root in just one city”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/anarchy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quote of the Week for Easter:
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“The Devil is taking advantage of the crisis (pandemic) to sow distrust, desperation, and discord.” <\/em>Pope Francis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My latest do-it-yourself project\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awwww\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arnold Mulligan Palmer, aka “Arnie” is the newest addition to our family\u2026.a mini Golden Doodle, born 1\/2\/2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until next Saturday,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gramps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifty-one weeks of great words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 –\u00a0 \u00a0exacerbate – to make worse “Your input just exacerbates an already difficult situation.”
2-\u00a0\u00a0 assuage – to make a situation or feeling less intense. “I pray our Heavenly Father may assuage you of the anguish of your grief.”.
<\/a>3 –\u00a0 \u00a0force majeure’ –\u00a0\u00a0unforeseeable circumstance that prevents someone from fulfilling a contract. “The tenant will not be required to pay rent due to the force majeure’ clause.
4 –\u00a0 \u00a0sanguine –\u00a0<\/a>optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. “I’m trying to be\u00a0sanguine\u00a0about this, but I see a major roadblock”
5 –\u00a0 \u00a0segue – (seg way)\u00a0proceed to what follows without pause.\u00a0 “She has the skill to easily\u00a0segue from political conversations into subjects less controversial.”
6 –\u00a0 \u00a0bifurcate –\u00a0to cause to divide into two branches or parts. “We have decided to bifurcate this large project.”
7 –\u00a0 \u00a0indolent –\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>habitually lazy – “His failure in life may stem from his indolent ways as a youth”.
8 –\u00a0 \u00a0ameliorate –\u00a0to make better or more tolerable\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0“this drug should ameliorate your pain”
9 – truncate –\u00a0<\/a>to shorten by or as if by cutting off – “A truncated version of this report is on the web.”
10 – nascent –\u00a0<\/a>coming or having recently come into existence\u00a0\u00a0“His nascent idea for a business turned into a goldmine”
11 – b\u00e9chamel – a rich white sauce – “He made a lump-free b\u00e9chamel for her, and, in return, she gave him her love.”
12 – anarchy –\u00a0 absence of government – “The revolution began when anarchy took root in just one city”.
13 – rhetorical question – a question not intended to require an answer. “Is this a beautiful day or what?”
14 – milieu –\u00a0the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops.- “His discipline is a result of growing up as part of the military milieu”
15 – nadir – the lowest point – “The stock market reached its current nadir in March”
16 – black swan event – comes as a surprise and has a major effect. “This pandemic is considered by many to be a black swan event.”
17 – myopic –\u00a0narrow in perspective and without concern for broader implications.\u00a0 “Your myopic view of this project is disturbing”.
18 – quixotic –\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>foolishly impractical\u00a0especially in the pursuit of ideals – “His quixotic pursuit for her affection was quite simply foolish.”
19 – prescience –\u00a0human anticipation of the course of events – foresight.\u00a0 “His intuitive prescience helped to make him a success”
20 – laconic and laconic riposte – use of a minimum of words, and a short clever response to an insult or challenge.\u00a0 In response to a demand to\u00a0immediately\u00a0surrender\u00a0he sent back the following: “Nuts”.
21 – protean – ability to change, versatile.\u00a0 “The coronavirus is protean in its ability to either make you sick or not.”
22 – ephemeral – lasting a very short time or perhaps only one day. “Custer was chasing an ephemeral Indian city.”
23 – catch-22 –\u00a0a dilemma or difficult\u00a0circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.\u00a0 From the novel “Catch-22”.
24 – arrogate –\u00a0to take or claim something without justification. “In order to accomplish his dream he arrogated to himself controversial powers”.
25 – obtuse – difficult to understand, lacking intellect.\u00a0 “The responses to his remarks this week were even more obtuse.”\u00a0
26 –\u00a0purloin –\u00a0to appropriate wrongfully (steal), often pertaining to a theft that is a breach of trust.\u00a0 “When she opened her new office she purloined one of my listings”.
27 – salience –\u00a0the quality of being particularly\u00a0noticeable\u00a0or important.\u00a0\u00a0“It is not clear that raising the electoral salience of the Supreme Court will work to the president\u2019s advantage.
28 – confabulate – to talk normally or to hold a discussion.\u00a0 “He likes to confabulate.”
29 – animus – a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will. \u201cI have no animus or agenda for the Affordable Care Act.\u201d
30 \u2013 puerile – to act or communicate in a juvenile, silly or childish manner. \u201cHis puerile ways are giving a poor impression at his job interviews\u201d.
31 \u2013 regnant – having the greatest influence – \u201cThe regnant belief\u201d.
32 \u2013 roil \u2013 to be agitated or chaotic \u2013 \u201cthe politics of slavery was roiling the United States\u201d.
33 \u2013 sonder – The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
34 \u2013 inculcate – To instill or teach someone an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction. \u201cThey will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.\u201d
35 \u2013 mendacity \u2013 untruthfulness, lying. \u201cHe blew the whistle on the mendacity of the politician.\u201d
36 \u2013 pejorative \u2013 Expressing contempt or disapproval.\u00a0 Having negative connotations.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPermissiveness is often used a pejorative term\u201d.
37 \u2013 dystopian \u2013 A world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized fearful lives, often associated with a totalitarian government or an environmentally degraded world. \u201cThe dystopian future of a society bereft of reason\u201d.
38 \u2013 Occam\u2019s razor \u2013 The simplest answer may be the preferred answer.
39 \u2013 execrate or execrable \u2013 very bad \u2013 \u201cThe execrable hotel food.\u201d
40 \u2013 immutable \u2013 unchangeable \u2013 Do not make the mistake of assuming that public opinion is immutable.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
41 \u2013 prurient – having or encouraging an excessive or unwholesome interest in matters of sex.\u00a0
\u00a0\u201cShe\u2019d been the subject of much prurient <\/em><\/strong>curiosity\u201d.
42 \u2013 obsequious – exhibiting fawning attentiveness. Exaggerated deference of manner.\u00a0 \u201cWaiters who are obsequious in the presence of celebrities.\u201d
43 \u2013 iconoclast –\u00a0 a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions \u201cHe was a prolific writer with a reputation for iconoclastic insight and irreverent prose.\u201d
44 \u2013 oblique – something not parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line \u2013 slanting.
\u201cWe sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace. Or something not done in a direct way such as \u201cHe issued an oblique attack on the president\u201d.
45 \u2013 profligate \u2013 wasteful \u2013 wildly extravagant.\u00a0 \u201cHe has always been a profligate spender, which is why he is broke.\u201d
46 – raconteur \u2013 a good teller of stories.\u00a0 \u201cWe always invite her to dinner because she is a fine raconteur\u201d.
47 \u2013 taciturn – a person who is reserved or uncommunicative in speech\u2026saying little.\u00a0 It usually connotes unsociability. \u201cNothing bothered the taciturn <\/strong>Hogan more that excessive praise.\u201d<\/em>
48 \u2013 fungible – capable of mutual substitution: interchangeable\/\u00a0 \u201cThe court’s postulate is that male and female jurors must be regarded as\u00a0fungible<\/strong>.\u201d
<\/em>49 \u2013 filibuster – The use of tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly. This currently requires a 60 vote Senate majority. \u201cThey stopped the bill from coming to a vote by the use of a filibuster\u201d.
<\/em>50 \u2013 hegemony – preponderant influence or authority over others: Domination. \u201cThey battled for hegemony in Asia.\u201d<\/em>
51 \u2013 de facto – being such in effect though not formally recognized or contrary to established law \u201ca de facto state of war\u201d <\/em>for a war that has not been officially declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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