You drive like a Jehu! Today's Word for the day.... [jee-hyu].. thought it was appropriate.
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You drive like a Jehu! Today's Word for the day.... [jee-hyu].. thought it was appropriate.
Today's Word:
Jehu (Noun)
Pronunciation: [jee-hyu]
Definition 1: Someone who drives very fast and recklessly; someone who loves driving.
Usage 1: Not to be confused with "yahoo," the race of bestial people in 'Gulliver's Travels' or the popular search engine on the Web. Today's word has no relatives in English (though it may be used as a verb); however, you will find many other interesting words that have migrated from Hebrew to English in the JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words at http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?listcategories=action.
Suggested usage: Jehus may also be drivers or chauffeurs, but the term is used most often in reference to dare-devil driving off the track: "Clarence, don't drive like a jehu; this is a funeral procession, after all." Since this term is relatively rare in the US, the metaphorical possibilities have hardly been explored: "Some jehu out there on the information highway hacked my website last night." We hope you never meet a jehu on life's highway.
Etymology: A communization of the proper name "Jehu" from 2 Kings 9:20 "The lookout reported, 'He has reached them, but he isn't coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu, son of Nimshi-he drives like a madman.'" Jehu drove a one horsepower chariot-so we can no longer blame a horsepower-crazed Detroit for freeway driving. We may then say that Jehu, son of Nimshi, is the eponym of today's word and, since it is now a common noun, we may write it with a small letter, even though most dictionaries still capitalize it.
Jehu (Noun)
Pronunciation: [jee-hyu]
Definition 1: Someone who drives very fast and recklessly; someone who loves driving.
Usage 1: Not to be confused with "yahoo," the race of bestial people in 'Gulliver's Travels' or the popular search engine on the Web. Today's word has no relatives in English (though it may be used as a verb); however, you will find many other interesting words that have migrated from Hebrew to English in the JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words at http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?listcategories=action.
Suggested usage: Jehus may also be drivers or chauffeurs, but the term is used most often in reference to dare-devil driving off the track: "Clarence, don't drive like a jehu; this is a funeral procession, after all." Since this term is relatively rare in the US, the metaphorical possibilities have hardly been explored: "Some jehu out there on the information highway hacked my website last night." We hope you never meet a jehu on life's highway.
Etymology: A communization of the proper name "Jehu" from 2 Kings 9:20 "The lookout reported, 'He has reached them, but he isn't coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu, son of Nimshi-he drives like a madman.'" Jehu drove a one horsepower chariot-so we can no longer blame a horsepower-crazed Detroit for freeway driving. We may then say that Jehu, son of Nimshi, is the eponym of today's word and, since it is now a common noun, we may write it with a small letter, even though most dictionaries still capitalize it.
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