The phenomenon of learning something new (in particular a word) and then realising it was something in your environment all the time. In other words, things that have been around a while, just you haven’t noticed them. Common among foreign language learners.
Origins: a play on serendipity, the old word for Sri Lanka. Diego Garcia is another island in the Indian Ocean. First coined on by user aldiboronti on wordorigins.org and has since spread, having been featured as word of the day on several sites.
Funny you should mention diegogarcity. I was just thinking about that this weekend. I recently got a new car (new to me, that is), and now, I suddenly notice how many of the same model are on the road. And here I thought nobody drove Buicks any longer.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought homealot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.