MacArthur Foundation
February 13th, 2009
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports National Public Radio. In recognition of their support, NPR reads this 10 second blurb that I really like:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.
I just love that word, verdant and should use it more often.
ver⋅dant [vur-dnt] –adjective
1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
2. of the color green: a verdant lawn.1575–85; verd(ure) + -ant
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The second part of your post kind of reminds me of Ellie aka Viper from Kill Bill-2. She hides the black mamba under the stack of money to be given to Bud for getting rid of Beatrice. Bud opens the suitcase and the Black Mamba gets him. Then she explains while Bud is undergoing a neuro-paralytic attack…”The amount of poison delivered by the black mamba can be ‘gargantuan’. And she says the same thing ‘I like that word gargantuan and should use it more often!