Word of the Day (from Merriam-Webster’s)
Nimrod
\NIM-rahd\
noun
Meaning
1 : a descendant of Ham represented in Genesis as a mighty hunter and a king of Shinar
*2 not capitalized : hunter
3 not capitalized, slang : idiot, jerk
Example Sentence
Dad fancied himself a mighty nimrod after he captured the rabbit who had been eating our garden.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
On the way to school, Olivia spotted the word “hunt” marked on a stack of wood at a construction site. The word happens to signify the name of the wood’s supplier, but it got us discussing the practice of seeking animals for catching or killing. Without any prompting of any sort, here is what the child remarked as part of our discussion (I nearly drove the car off the road because I was laughing so hard):
"We’re vegetarians because we want animals to be alive; meat eaters want animals to be in their tummy."
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My late grandfather's middle name was Nimrod, believe it or not. He was not, however, a hunter, nor, to the best of my knowledge, the king of Shinar.
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