so uhh yeah

here are some words:

armigerous (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective

Bearing or entitled to bear heraldic arms.

[From Latin armi-, arms + -ger bearing + ous.]

"It all points to Shakespeare's concept of Hotspur as a feudal type, whose identity comprises a few qualities that are in no way

negotiable. For Hotspur, the function of the armigerous classes is to bear arms in battle." - Getting a hook on Hotspur, The New Straits Times, Apr 14, 1999.

anodyne AN-uh-dyn, adjective:

1. Serving to relieve pain; soothing.

2. Not likely to offend; bland; innocuous.

noun:

1. A medicine that relieves pain.

2. Anything that calms, comforts, or soothes disturbed feelings.

But for the most part the British charts were clogged with anodyne ballads. --Nigel Williamson, "Here's a little story, to tell it is a must," [1]Times (London), January 11, 2000

He is alternately accused of being too much the warrior and too anodyne. --Hanna Rosin, "The Madness of Speaker Newt," [2]New Republic, March 17, 1997

Numbness ... may have replaced pain as the complaint of our century now that aspirin analgesia, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDS), and other anodynes can take away the pains of the civilized world. --Howard M. Spiro, [3]Facing Death

An avid fisherman himself, McGarr shares Nellie's philosophy: "I do not merely fish for fish," she would say, "I fish for doubt's anodyne and care's [4]surcease."--Marilyn Stasio, "Crime," [5]New York Times, September 19, 1993

This third novel by a reporter for The New York Times shrewdly examines love as an anodyne for rural isolation. --"Notable Books of the Year 1997," [6]New York Times, December 7, 1997

Anodyne comes, via Latin, from Greek anodunos, "free from pain," from a-, an-, "without" + odune, "pain."

schadenfreude SHOD-n-froy-duh, noun:

A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.

That the report of Sebastian Imhof's grave illness might also have been tinged with Schadenfreude appears not to have crossed Lucas's mind. --Steven Ozment, [1]Flesh and Spirit

He died three years after me -- cancer too -- and at that time I was still naive enough to imagine that what the afterlife chiefly provided were unrivalled opportunities for unbeatable gloating, unbelievable schadenfreude. --Will Self, [2]How The Dead Live

Somewhere out there, Pi supposed, some UC Berkeley grad students must be shivering with a little Schadenfreude of their own about what had happened to her. --Sylvia Brownrigg, [3]The Metaphysical Touch

The historian Peter Gay -- who felt Schadenfreude as a Jewish child in Nazi-era Berlin, watching the Germans lose coveted gold medals in the 1936 Olympics -- has said that it "can be one of the great joys of life." --Edward Rothstein, "Missing the Fun of a Minor Sin," [4]New York Times, February 5, 2000

Schadenfreude comes from the German, from Schaden, "damage" + Freude, "joy." It is often capitalized, as it is in German.

the question becomes why didn't the American charts get clogged with anodyne ballads?

oh and the German words take me right back to my childhood. eine zwei Schwalbe! oh what i would give to wear a derndle again and dance to German polkas

anyway i have to go pack for college. i hope you all have a lovely day!

byeness