Laodicean

[Turbine]

It might be considered the opposite of antidisestablishmentarianism and not nearly as long but with perhaps an even more colorful origin. I'm talking about the word laodicean and how I woke up this morning to learned something about the word.

I thought it was a proper noun and now I find out it is an adjective, but without going into the origin of the word I am fascinated with its meaning and why (or how) it came to mean what it means.

Oh and congratulations to the 13-year-old who took top honors in the 82nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the winning word "laodicean."

Now if I could only spell the girls name who won.

[jllanclos]

... And there's still 3 months left? how DO we survive the summer with nothing to talk about? Ps spelling beep are a lot more fun to watch when they're only 30 minutes long accompanied by less intelligent color commentary (search Youtube for cheap seats spelling bee)
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