question...

so what's the point of locking doors in the wizarding world if they open with a simple "alohomora"?


random, i know...i'm re-reading harry potter.

Word of the Day

So on my google homepage I have the dictionary.com "word of the day", as I love to expand my vocabulary...I often know the words or can guess fairly close based on derivation or root (a la nerdy spellbound kids) so I was kind of surprised by today's word...I was not even close:


afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun
A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.


It was just way too close to a more familiar term:

flatus /ˈfleɪtəs/ [fley-tuhs] –noun, plural -tus·es.
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.


Anyone with me? Is it just a nurse thing? Come on!