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JamesSavik · August 7

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Remember Caesar, thou art mortal, and all fame and glory is fugacious.

drpaladin · August 7

From the Latin fugere, meaning to flee.

drpaladin · August 7

25 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

But one might argue not for a Caesar. For a Caesar, while mortal, is not merely a man.

Paladin · August 7

I found that according to the OED the first use was in 1634 in the writings of E Rainbow. I haven't been able to find out anything about E Rainbow. It would be nice to think he was gay.

Yes it comes from the Latin Fugere (to flee). The OED and others referred to it being borrowed from Latin. Isn't it funny that we borrow these words and never give then back. English is very kleptomaniac!

sandrewn · August 7

160 entries and nothing more to offer you. Except for the two, below.

This one seems to cover it all, I am sorry to say.

Fugacious - definition of fugacious by The Free Dictionary

With this one, I hope and pray that he never had tenure. Also, that if watching this video was part of a course curriculum requirement?? My wish that any or all who made the syllabus, be restrained and forced to watch it on an endless loop(evil laughter in the background).

🔵 Fugacious Meaning - Fugacious Examples - Fugacious Defined - Literary Vocabulary - Fugacious - YouTube

:cowboy:

Edited August 7 by sandrewn

Ron · August 7

I thought fugacious referred to the mafia guys from South Boston, MA.

"Fugget about it!" "Fugget about em."

People are like... "Man, those guys are fugacious!" :facepalm:

Edited August 7 by Ron

drpaladin · August 7

37 minutes ago, Ron said:

I thought fugacious referred to the mafia guys from South Boston, MA.

"Fugget about it!" "Fugget about em."

People are like... "Man, those guys are fugacious!"

I think you have in mind fugazi or fugazy, which is a slang term for fake or forged. It can be an item or an insincere person.

Ron · August 7

36 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

I think you have in mind fugazi or fugazy

No, 'fugget about it' is a real thing. There was also a cartoon called Fugget About It that was about NY gangsters.

But I was just having some fun with the word of the day.

JamesSavik · August 7

10 hours ago, drpaladin said:

But one might argue not for a Caesar. For a Caesar, while mortal, is not merely a man.

Roman Caesars who aspired to Godhood were more likely to be an inbred psycho with a brain mostly eaten by syphilis than divine.

drpaladin · August 7

1 hour ago, Ron said:

No, 'fugget about it' is a real thing. There was also a cartoon called Fugget About It that was about NY gangsters.

But I was just having some fun with the word of the day.

Regardless of what you intended, you'll find the same guys saying fugazi.

drpaladin · August 8

2 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

Roman Caesars who aspired to Godhood were more likely to be an inbred psycho with a brain mostly eaten by syphilis than divine.

Not all were Tiberius. But after a couple of millennia we still remember words, deeds, and images of many of them. It's a form of immortality and if you dig around, you're likely to find someone still worshipping them in some fashion. Divinity, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.

JamesSavik · August 8

4 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Not all were Tiberius. But after a couple of millennia we still remember words, deeds, and images of many of them. It's a form of immortality and if you dig around, you're likely to find someone still worshipping them in some fashion. Divinity, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.

There are some Roman Emperors of noble character like Justinian or Marcus Aurealus. Then again, there was Nero and a few who ruled for a short time until the Praetorians decided he was too big an idiot to be emperor or took a bribe.

drpaladin · August 8

6 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

There are some Roman Emperors of noble character like Justinian or Marcus Aurealus. Then again, there was Nero and a few who ruled for a short time until the Praetorians decided he was too big an idiot to be emperor or took a bribe.

Yet even the idiots are remembered.

Maybe even especially the idiots.

Besides, worshipping a Caesar isn't so far out there. Think of the major religions which have deified mortal men.

Edited August 8 by drpaladin

Ron · August 8

15 hours ago, drpaladin said:

you'll find the same guys saying fugazi

Yes, I've heard Fat Tony say fugazi on The Simpsons.

CarlHoliday · August 8

Finally, getting around to reading Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead. Although there is fug this and fug that, fuggin this and fuggin that, there ain't one fugacious in the whole book.

drpaladin · August 8

1 hour ago, Ron said:

Yes, I've heard Fat Tony say fugazi on The Simpsons.

It's in Donnie Brasco too.

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