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indefatigable - Word of the Day - Wed Dec 13, 2023

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indefatigable - (adj) - not tiring; tireless

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The Energizer Bunny is indefatigable; constantly on the move.

 

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LOL

When I saw the Word of the Day, my first thought was the Energizer Bunny. It has to be one of the most successful ad campaigns of all time.

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From the Latin: in (not) + de (completely) + fatigare (to tire out) = indefatigabilis 

to the Middle French, indefatigable, to English in the 17th century 

defatigable mean to tire out easily or become fatigued easily 

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Some single mothers seem indefatigable, as they take care of children, do housework, laundry, cook meals,  and hold down a job outside of the home.  

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From a classical perspective, the Greek myth of Sisyphus, condemned to eternally struggle rolling a boulder to the summit of a mountain only to have it roll back to the bottom endlessly, epitomizes indefatigable. 

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The British built the three Indefatigable class battle cruisers between 1910-13. It was an upgraded design of the previous Invincible class battle cruisers. Indefatigable, Australia and New Zealand all joined the fleet just before the outbreak of World War 1.

Battle cruisers were a special class of ship which sacrificed armor protection for speed, but packed an armament similar to heavier and slower battleships. They were supposed to be able to gun down almost anything and be fast enough to run away if they ran into something they couldn't handle.

Unfortunately, this theory had a wicked encounter with reality at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Battle cruisers were used for scouting for the German fleet and came under fire of battleship gunnery. Three battle cruisers, Indefatigable, Queen Mary and Invincible, were sunk due to magazine explosions and sank with all or most of their hands.

 

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HMS Indefatigable, 1909.

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7 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

The British built the three Indefatigable class battle cruisers between 1910-13. It was an upgraded design of the previous Invincible class battle cruisers. Indefatigable, Australia and New Zealand all joined the fleet just before the outbreak of World War 1.

Battle cruisers were a special class of ship which sacrificed armor protection for speed, but packed an armament similar to heavier and slower battleships. They were supposed to be able to gun down almost anything and be fast enough to run away if they ran into something they couldn't handle.

Unfortunately, this theory had a wicked encounter with reality at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Battle cruisers were used for scouting for the German fleet and came under fire of battleship gunnery. Three battle cruisers, Indefatigable, Queen Mary and Invincible, were sunk due to magazine explosions and sank with all or most of their hands.

 

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HMS Indefatigable, 1909.

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The British have a habit of christening ships with pompous names. Invincible was also sunk at Jutland.

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Just now, drpaladin said:

The British have a habit of christening ships with pompous names. Invincible was also sunk at Jutland.

At the time (~1910) the Royal Navy was the largest fleet in the world with a long tradition of winning. The names are meant to inspire. Many of these names were recycled over and over. In 1784, Indefatigable was a 64 gun ship of the line. In 1909, she was a battle cruiser (which was ended badly). In 1944, she was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier. The name appeared three more times in the RN's history on less prestigious hulls.

Their fleet was large because the lifeblood of the British Empire was trade. They had hundreds of ships in commission at any point, and had to come up with names for all of them. Some might arguably call them pompous, and it wouldn't surprise me if there was a 4th rate schooner back in the day named HMS Flatulent.

 
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On 12/13/2023 at 11:54 AM, drpaladin said:

The British have a habit of christening ships with pompous names. Invincible was also sunk at Jutland.

Does Boaty McBoatface fall under pompous :unsure: 

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3 minutes ago, wildone said:

Does Boaty McBoatface fall under pompous :unsure: 

:P 

Only if preceded by Dame.

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