Funny Jeopardy clip.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoMspJqqVcA&feature=related
Haven't you heard of someone being called rakish?
"Rakish" means being dashing or jaunty (now I suppose some will now want to know what "jaunty" means) or calling attention to oneself by being outgoing, flamboyant, mischievous, even disreputable in appearance and manner.A "rake" is someone (usually a young man) who embodies the characteristic of being rakish. They were the kinds of young men that young women were hesitant about walking out with, unless they were little "minxes" (now we have to look up the word "minx"). I think rakish and rake are terms still used in the U.K. but are more common in books dating from the earlier part of the 20th century and before.As an college teacher it never ceases to amaze me the words that college freshmen do not know (and without embarrassment raise their hands in lecture to ask for definitions rather than grasping the meaning of the word from its context OR looking it up on their own time). I think it's because a lot of college students these days were never big on reading for entertainment, which is a change from the "old days" when many of the kinds of kids who went on to college were "bookworms" as kids. No question, the meanings and use of new words stick with you better if you are repeatedly exposed to them in print.
As Mr. Leet would say:TOO LONG, DID NOT READ!:-p
and Wyln, that raptor has got to be the ugliest mascot I have ever seen.
