Category: Culture
Word Of The Year 2011: Tergiversate Says Dictionary.com
The word of the year is Tergiversate (see definition above) according to a panel of experts. The group composed of writers, editors and lexicographers from Dictionary.com decided that the verb Tergiversate which is pronounced [tur-ji-ver-seyt] and comes from the Latin tergiverstus meaning to change one’s mind repeatedly or to desert would be the word of the [...]
Oscar Wilde’s Tomb To Be Protected After Kisses Damage
Oscar Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland has decided to put an end to a tradition that is ruining his grandfather’s tomb. While no one knows who nor why it started but since the 1990s it has become customary for female fans of the philosopher to pucker up and leave the trace of their lipstick or lip-gloss [...]
Quai Branly Museum Puts Humans On Display
Former French soccer player and writer Lillian Thuram is the curator of an interesting exhibit currently being held at the Quai Branly Museum that shed lights on the barbarism that took place during the colonial era. The museum is featuring the many racist and degrading ways that the whites treated those with darker skin between [...]
