Meaning: The art of fine cooking.
Pronunciation: Sem-my-yal.
Usage: Pattis and Ammas are the finest exponents of semmaiyal.
Root: Semmai (very good in Tamil) + Samaiyal (cooking in tamil).
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Metapharaoh
Meaning: The God's representative in the world of Metaphors. He who rules with the just simile. Capable of high degree of abstraction, and simple language.
Usage: 'that journalist can come up with the mother of all metaphors, man! He is the Metapharoah!'
Pronunciation: Met-ah-far-oh.
Root: Metaphor (a figure of speech) + Pharaoh (the supreme ruler of all Egypt).
Usage: 'that journalist can come up with the mother of all metaphors, man! He is the Metapharoah!'
Pronunciation: Met-ah-far-oh.
Root: Metaphor (a figure of speech) + Pharaoh (the supreme ruler of all Egypt).
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