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A few 100 years ago, "Self-made" was a derogatory slur.

A fun #etymology fact straight out of the The Oxford English Dictionary!

The term "self-made" was always considered a negative, derogatory slur before the late 18th Century. The positive connotation evolved in the States after the Revolutionary War.

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Word You Wouldn't Think Were Etymologically Related: Part 18

Tame and danger both originate from the PIE root *demh₂-, meaning to tame.

Tame comes from the Middle English tome or tame, from the Old English tam or tom, of the same meaning. Tam/tom was derived from the Proto-West Germanic * tam, from the Proto-Germanic *tamaz, meaning brought into the home, from the PIE *demh₂-.

Danger comes from the Middle English daunger, which meant peril but also power or dominion, itself from the Anglo-Norman dangier, a loanword from Old French. Dangier came from the Vulgar Latin *dom(i)narium, from the Latin dominium meaning ownership. Dominium ultimately was derived from the PIE root *demh₂-.

* indicates a reconstructed word

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Ontology Versus Taxonomy as a Noun

Ontology differs from taxonomy (as nouns) because ontology means “the branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being,” while taxonomy is “the science or the technique used to make a classification.���

Used as a noun, ontology may be defined as “in a subject view, or a world view, the set of conceptual or material things or classes of things that are recognised as existing, or are assumed to exist in context, and their interrelations; in a body of theory, the ontology comprises the domain of discourse, the things that are defined as existing, together with whatever emerges from their mutual implications,” while taxonomy means “a classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.”

Ontology is “the theory of a particular philosopher or school of thought concerning the fundamental types of entity in the universe,” while taxonomy means “the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.”

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Ontology Versus Taxonomy as a Noun

Ontology differs from taxonomy (as nouns) because ontology means “the branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being,” while taxonomy is “the science or the technique used to make a classification.”

Used as a noun, ontology may be defined as “in a subject view, or a world view, the set of conceptual or material things or classes of things that are recognised as existing, or are assumed to exist in context, and their interrelations; in a body of theory, the ontology comprises the domain of discourse, the things that are defined as existing, together with whatever emerges from their mutual implications,” while taxonomy means “a classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.”

Ontology is “the theory of a particular philosopher or school of thought concerning the fundamental types of entity in the universe,” while taxonomy means “the science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.”

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They’re going to make an abortion a felony. They’re going to investigate miscarriages as felonies too. 

You know what felons can’t do in a lot of states too? Vote.

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tumblr tuesday: dracula daily fanart digest

Apologies, the esteemed editor for this Tuesday edition has been afflicted by the most severe case of brain rot pertaining to a certain solicitor’s clerk and his count. The story so far (careful, spoilers ahead, kinda):

How it’s going (@sweetpeachicedtea​):

The man himself, our dear good friend Jonathan Harker (@devilswalkingstick​):

Just excited to be here, tbh (@emilyksmithcomics​):

The gay subtext (@q2222​):

Just a normal human friend, to be sure! (@grouper​)

Again, just to reiterate… (@floatingscarves​):

The vlogging experience (@carlsdraws​):

An unlikely camaraderie (@pugetsound​):

How lovely! (@noritaro​):

Mina, our beloved (@kayleerowena​): 

Just a nice man helping a weary traveler (@candlehearts​):

What could possibly go wrong? (@horse-doeuvres​):