Where it started...

By Vichara


I traded in a cigarette for a pencil. It has been 10 years, in fact new years when 99 turned to 00. This was not a relinquishment out of some resolution promise but out of a new years visit to the local emergency ward for a respiration / flu situation. Not something I recommend for a new years activity. Regardless there I was coughing and heavy in the chest without a constant ignited companion stuck between the index and middle finger of my right hand. The emergency doctor made the call and recommended in no uncertain terms that my current friendship with this smoking friend of mine would not be a good to continue. We parted ways somewhat reluctantly but with no hard feelings. However there was a lonely void in my right hand that needed to be filled but who could fill this place? Then before could say “there you go and Bob’s your uncle” a #2 HB pencil slipped snuggly into this spot and I started writing. Perhaps you may be familiar with some of my works like “War And Sometimes Peace”, “The Grapes Of Ruth”, “Great Expectorants” or “For Whom The Ding Dong Rings For” or maybe it’s just these “thoughts”. If it is thanks for reading these and hopefully you’ll check back.

suborn • \suh-BORN\ • verb

*1 : to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing

2 : to induce to commit perjury; also : to obtain (perjured testimony) from a witness

Example Sentence:

"In the first place, a jury could not easily be suborned by any one." (Theodore Dreiser, The Financier)

Did you know?

The Latin word that gave us "suborn" in the early part of the 16th century is "subornare," which translates literally as "to secretly furnish or equip." The "sub-" that brings the "secretly" meaning to "subornare" more commonly means "under" or "below," but it has its stealthy denotation in the etymologies of several other English words, including "surreptitious" (from "sub-" and "rapere," meaning "to seize") and the verb "suspect" (from "sub-" or "sus-" and "specere," meaning "to look at"). The "ornare" of "subornare" is also at work in the words "ornate," "adorn," and "ornament."

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