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drpaladin · December 13, 2023

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.

drpaladin · December 13, 2023

From the Latin indefatigabilis.

Bill W · December 13, 2023

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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Bill W · December 13, 2023

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.

drpaladin · December 13, 2023

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.

JamesSavik · December 13, 2023

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.

HMS Indefatigable, 1909.

Edited December 13, 2023 by JamesSavik

drpaladin · December 13, 2023

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.

HMS Indefatigable, 1909.

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

JamesSavik · December 13, 2023

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.

wildone · December 17, 2023

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:

drpaladin · December 17, 2023

3 minutes ago, wildone said:

Does Boaty McBoatface fall under pompous

Only if preceded by Dame.

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