Missonal Pests…my new favorite word

Posted on January 30, 2008 by tomsterbens
I love language and communication. So it would make sense that words fascinate me. Today I discovered a new favorite word….. loimos. Its a Greek word…its a great word. This word makes me laugh. I really like this word.
I found this word in an ancient document…it was used by an attorney who was representing a religious order of the day. (As a note: This religious order regarded themselves as the Conscientious Orthodoxical Guardians (COG) wherein there was a growing disruption regarding new controversial expressions of faith.) It was in a highly incendiary court room setting that this attorney unleashes my new favorite word onto the ears of the public. Used in his opening argument to describe an accused dissident who was causing dissension within the Conscientious Orthodoxical Guardians (COG) he aptly indicts him as loimos!. Continue reading →
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