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The way we communicate has a huge impact on whether we get what we want out of life and business.

I`ve always had a fascination with language and with words. And I was reminded of it recently when I received my "Word-A-Day" daily email and it was my favorite word of all,

"Melifluous," which means, sweetly flowing, as in honey.

But the word I learned today blew me away. I`m not sure I`ll ever use it, and I probably shouldn`t because noone would understand it:

"Tarantism," which means, uncontrollable urge to dance.

Have any favorite words? Care to add them here as you hear or read them in the coming days?

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Rich Sloan , Co-Founder, Chief Startupologist, StartupNation

Rich –

Isn’t tarantism what certain people get when they lock down a major round of VC funding?

Actually, when I read your post, it made me think of the Italian dance called the Tarantella (which I think was danced in the wedding scene in “The Godfather”). And sure enough, after a quick bit of research, I found that the two are intimately linked in Italian folklore:

Supposedly women bitten by wolf spiders (called a tarantula, but different than what we think of as tarantulas) in southern Italy during the 16^th and 17^th centuries were overtaken by heightened excitability and restlessness – It was believed that death could only be prevented by frenetic dancing. Hence was born the Tarantella, a dance characterized by the rapid whirling of couples. Of course, most scholars suggest that the whole thing was a ruse to evade the religious prohibitions against dancing at the time!

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Michael Zucker - Strategic Planning, Marketing & Communications info@zuckerconsulting.com · www.zuckerconsulting.com “Helping You Over The Hurdles – Keeping You Focused On The Finish Line”

 love the VC deal closing dance!!!

and do you have a favorite word, michael?

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Rich Sloan , Co-Founder, Chief Startupologist, StartupNation

"imperturbable"

I`ve always loved the word "perturbed", and "imperturbable" is just fun to say!

"All Y`all" as in, "All Y`all lookin` to start it up?"

OK, so if you break this down it`s technically three words and not particularly correct grammar, but who`s counting?  Anyway, we spent some time in Texas and this is one of those cultural terms that just sounds really cool when spoken with the right accent!  Go figure...

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Actually, I have always loved the word melifluous as well. It indubitably flows sweetly off the tongue, as its definition implies. Now "indubitably" is one of those words that doesn’t sound right without an upper crust British accent from days gone by.

I`ll toss in some favorites as I think of them or encounter new ones.

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Michael Zucker - Strategic Planning, Marketing & Communications info@zuckerconsulting.com · www.zuckerconsulting.com “Helping You Over The Hurdles – Keeping You Focused On The Finish Line”

Mine is Impetus - Latin , it means something that cause and encourage a given response.  Similar meaning to motivation, forward motion, etc.

Impetus in other languages...

Danish - drivkraft, dynamik, incitament, fart, skub, stød

French - impulsion, élan, (Phys) impulsion

Hebrew - ‮דחף, תנופה, דחיפה‬

Greek - ορμή, ώθηση, "φόρα", (φυσ.) ροπή αδράνειας

(for those of few who knows what BM stands for, did you notice in Danish there is a `f-a-r-t`?)

 

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Life isn`t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

love "impetus," meitzi!

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Rich Sloan , Co-Founder, Chief Startupologist, StartupNation

Impetus is a great word!  

I’ve always liked ebullient, meaning overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; and plethora, meaning overabundance or excess.

 

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Michael Zucker - Strategic Planning, Marketing & Communications info@zuckerconsulting.com · www.zuckerconsulting.com “Helping You Over The Hurdles – Keeping You Focused On The Finish Line”

 Thanks Rich for this luminous disscussion!

I like the sound of Dilettante, Garrulous and Hermetic; but my favorite word is Juxtapose. 

Dilettante means someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an ameteur; a dabbler. 

Garrulous means talkative; chatty.

Hermetic means impervious to external influence; airtight.

Juxtapose means to place side by side.  (In it`s noun form it is known as Juxtaposition.)

 

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Nicole Champagne
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