Today's Word I Hate To Say is Parabola!
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Parabola
pa·rab·o·la noun \pə-ˈra-bə-lə\
: a curve that is shaped like the path of something that is thrown forward and high in the air and falls back to the ground
1: a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line : the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to an element of the cone
2: something bowl-shaped (as an antenna or microphone reflector)
Illustration of PARABOLA
Origin of PARABOLA
New Latin, from Greek parabolē, literally, comparison
First Known Use: 1579
Welcome back from that long definition!
So today I choose the word Parabola - pronounced Pa-Rab-Ola, not how it is written... Para-Bola! The reason I chose this word today is because my wife has been working on her college math and has been dealing with parabolas.
This word is irritating to me because of my junior high days. How many kids have fallen victim to this word at the most awkward time in life, in the most unforgiving place on earth... Middle School? Either we were asked to read a definition or explain the math process of a parabola or we didn't pay attention when the teacher said the word correctly and then we sounded ignorant, in front of the whole class, by asking what a Para-Bola was! It is just a cruel word, with nothing but cruel intentions for the unsuspecting pre-teen.
Not that I have ever experienced this issue or anything... Yeah, right! :)
Reference
Parabola. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved January 3, 2014, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parabola
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Parabola
pa·rab·o·la noun \pə-ˈra-bə-lə\
: a curve that is shaped like the path of something that is thrown forward and high in the air and falls back to the ground
1: a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line : the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to an element of the cone
2: something bowl-shaped (as an antenna or microphone reflector)
Illustration of PARABOLA
Origin of PARABOLA
New Latin, from Greek parabolē, literally, comparison
First Known Use: 1579
Welcome back from that long definition!
So today I choose the word Parabola - pronounced Pa-Rab-Ola, not how it is written... Para-Bola! The reason I chose this word today is because my wife has been working on her college math and has been dealing with parabolas.
This word is irritating to me because of my junior high days. How many kids have fallen victim to this word at the most awkward time in life, in the most unforgiving place on earth... Middle School? Either we were asked to read a definition or explain the math process of a parabola or we didn't pay attention when the teacher said the word correctly and then we sounded ignorant, in front of the whole class, by asking what a Para-Bola was! It is just a cruel word, with nothing but cruel intentions for the unsuspecting pre-teen.
Not that I have ever experienced this issue or anything... Yeah, right! :)
Reference
Parabola. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved January 3, 2014, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parabola
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