Throughout the Christian centuries, red-haired, yellow-gowned Judas has been a synonym for traitor; a Judas- king signifying treachery towards one to whom you owe loyalty .doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1989.043.01.18Massie, Allangeological society london special publications...
Y’know, that’s a common term, but since you can melt zinc on a common cookstove, I’m confused as to how it came about… unless it was somehow a synonym for “counterfeit.” Zinc is similar in weight to iron, and if cast and covered in preservative, would look similar. A buyer ...
I know the words are frequently mixed up, and some would have us lose the meaning of honor as I describe and just leave it as a synonym for reputation. It’s an important distinction to make for those of us horrified by the concept of “honor killing”. It’s not honor but reputation...
The underlying lack of respect for central authority might have its roots in the deep past of the culture — I really wish I could abide a degree in anthropology in the current climate, because one of the things I REALLY want to know (and perhaps we all NEED to know) is how long deep...
And Löwenbräu (1975, started being brewed by Miller in the US; went to Labatt’s of Canada about 2000; 2014, purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev – all 3 versions were/are terrible.) ‘Progress’ is not a synonym for ‘improvement’. Had my first Löwenbräu at the New York Worl...
I do wish “speculative fiction” had not become a synonym for “grey goo.” Frank says: May 30, 2013 at 2:51 pm As to Amazon categories, interestingly enough when we looked how to tag my wife’s first novel, time travel was only a sub-heading under Romance. TXRed says: May 30,...