Language

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value. (Mignon McLaughin)

Mate = Friend; pal; buddy

Archaic word

knave = boy, fool

Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Caliph = or Calif. A title given to the successors of Mahomet. Among the Saracens a caliph is one vested with supreme dignity. The caliphat of Bagdad reached its highest splendour under Haroun al Raschid, in the ninth century. For the last 200 years the appellation has been swallowed up in the titles of Shah, Sultan, Emir, and so on. (Arabic, Khalifah, a successor; khalafa, to succeed.)

Difficult words

invaginate - v.i.,v.t. sheathe; infold; draw part of tube, etc., inside other part. invagination, n. act of invaginating; part invaginated; intussusception.

Limerick

Functional Programmers did well discussing their work at IFL. Though they valued it high The Devil brought by Assignments and goto's from Hell.

Knowledge

Sickingen, Franz vona German free-lance, a man of a knightly spirit and great prowess; had often a large following, Götz von Berlichingen of the number, and joined the cause of the Reformation; lost his life by a musket-shot when besieged in the castle of Landstuhl; he was a warm friend of Ulrich von Hutten (1481-1523).

Quote

Visualization by Camille Duvall - I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.

Tongue twister

On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

Unusual word

opiniaster = one who obstinately holds to an opinion