Saturday Word: Voluntold & Cryptid
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1word1dayI'm sorry I missed last week due to technical difficulties with my web browser. Therefore, I shall double your pleasure for today's vocabulary!
vol·un·told [vŏl'ən-tōld]:
origin: American (slang, possibly military); portmanteau of volunteer + told.
verb
A combination of "volunteer" + "told".
When one feels they must do something despite being told it is "voluntary" or has been volunteered by someone else without their knowledge or permission; past participle of voluntell. Essentially, mandatory volunteering is "work" masquerading as volunteering, generally resembling the latter only by a lack of payment for said goods or services.
Bondegezou (or Dingiso) has proven itself both real & adorable
cryp·tid [ˈkrɪp-tɪd]:
origin: Greek; κρύπτω = krypto= “hide”, as in hidden (or secret) animal.
noun
Cryptids are animals from cryptozoology, a category referred to as pseudo-science and deals with creatures that are believed to be non-existent or mythological, at the very least a lack of proof exists to prove their existence. Animals of interest to cryptozoologists can remain categorized as a "cryptid" even if now accepted by the scientific community as real.
For example, a myriad of human cultures speak of Dragons -- giant intelligent lizards or serpents -- sometimes said to be winged or fire breathing, but no bones of such an animal have ever been found, and we are assured that dinosaurs did not exist at the same time as mankind; it’s a curiosity. Indeed they may only live as myth, although the Kimodo Dragon has been given the title: an enormous monitor lizard with venomous saliva and a taste for human flesh.
Interestingly enough, there is a selection of animals that were thought not to exist for some time and have eventually proven themselves real, here are a few: Narwhal (spotted whale with a Unicorn horn), Giant Squid (turns out sailors weren't drunk or lying), Platypus (first taxidermy specimen was mocked as a fake), and the Oarfish explains some sightings of "sea serpents". The Ulama (or "Devil Bird" a giant owl) is technically on the cryptid list, but has recently been sighted and matches the descriptions of Sri Lanka natives down to the blood-curdling human scream that it chirps. Even "Nessie", Scotland's famous Loch Ness Monster, may have recently appeared on a satellite image!
However...Big Foot remains at large.
vol·un·told [vŏl'ən-tōld]:
origin: American (slang, possibly military); portmanteau of volunteer + told.
verb
A combination of "volunteer" + "told".
When one feels they must do something despite being told it is "voluntary" or has been volunteered by someone else without their knowledge or permission; past participle of voluntell. Essentially, mandatory volunteering is "work" masquerading as volunteering, generally resembling the latter only by a lack of payment for said goods or services.
Bondegezou (or Dingiso) has proven itself both real & adorable
cryp·tid [ˈkrɪp-tɪd]:
origin: Greek; κρύπτω = krypto= “hide”, as in hidden (or secret) animal.
noun
Cryptids are animals from cryptozoology, a category referred to as pseudo-science and deals with creatures that are believed to be non-existent or mythological, at the very least a lack of proof exists to prove their existence. Animals of interest to cryptozoologists can remain categorized as a "cryptid" even if now accepted by the scientific community as real.
For example, a myriad of human cultures speak of Dragons -- giant intelligent lizards or serpents -- sometimes said to be winged or fire breathing, but no bones of such an animal have ever been found, and we are assured that dinosaurs did not exist at the same time as mankind; it’s a curiosity. Indeed they may only live as myth, although the Kimodo Dragon has been given the title: an enormous monitor lizard with venomous saliva and a taste for human flesh.
Interestingly enough, there is a selection of animals that were thought not to exist for some time and have eventually proven themselves real, here are a few: Narwhal (spotted whale with a Unicorn horn), Giant Squid (turns out sailors weren't drunk or lying), Platypus (first taxidermy specimen was mocked as a fake), and the Oarfish explains some sightings of "sea serpents". The Ulama (or "Devil Bird" a giant owl) is technically on the cryptid list, but has recently been sighted and matches the descriptions of Sri Lanka natives down to the blood-curdling human scream that it chirps. Even "Nessie", Scotland's famous Loch Ness Monster, may have recently appeared on a satellite image!
However...Big Foot remains at large.
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Date: 2015-05-16 03:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-05-17 05:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-05-16 07:03 pm (UTC)We have a monster allegedly living in one of our local reservoirs, Lake Dillon. They call the monster "Blue Dilly." *grin*
And whatever that satellite image is, it's neat!
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Date: 2015-05-17 04:59 am (UTC)(I mean that)
It's one thing to use caution and judgement, it's another to try to explain away things like the Dyatlov Pass Incident with avalanche and noise frequency. Skeptics can sometimes sound crazier to me than those who are obsessed with Mulder's ideas!
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Date: 2015-05-17 07:56 am (UTC)Ooh yeah, the Dyatlov Pass Incident was weeeeeeird. And sadly, one of those times when we can speculate until we're blue in the face, but we'll never *really* know what happened to them.
warning: somewhat graphic
Date: 2015-05-17 02:11 pm (UTC)My only real question is wether there really weren't any other footprints, since they were obviously in a fight (the ones who didn't freeze to death) and they were killed with a great anger with an emphasis on eyes and speaking. If there weren't any footprints, and the only analogous gear were the Russian military "spats" then I suspect something that could fly/float over the snow is what slammed into them with all that force and would provide a platform from which to remove their organs; I'd also propose that the spats were pulled off in the fight from the scrapes and wounds on the upper hands and arms.
If there really were footprints or tracks, and the files or photos aren't fibbing in that regard, then there are a lot more options aside from something akin to hover-boards. Although why only footwear of the Russian military would still be hanging around would get less mysterious if the feet were not at head level (and the lower torso does not have wounds, although something slammed into their sides & heads in a rather identical fashion).
Re: warning: somewhat graphic
Date: 2015-05-21 02:30 am (UTC)Re: warning: somewhat graphic
Date: 2015-05-21 03:52 am (UTC)I think, if there were footprints then one could be 100% certain that there were attackers and even guess as to whom and how many. This way it's more mysterious and they appear to be running from "nothing". I do think it's possible, based on photos, that there are none, but the last bodies took a suspiciously long time to find despite being very close to the others (and having died not long after the ones who froze).
Feet are involved or military spats couldn't have been found that did not belong to the hikers, but perhaps they didn't touch the ground (making them difficult or impossible to retrieve without creating footprints). It also made me wonder, of all the items, why those were the only ones left behind -- not gloves, or helmets, etc.
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Date: 2015-05-16 09:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-05-17 04:53 am (UTC)