Word of the Day: Ubiquitous

[ethics]

And to illustrate, here's a heartwarming story about a little red wagon from the Medpundit (http://medpundit.blogspot.com/2007/08/little-red-wagon-when-i-came-home-from.html):

When I came home from work last night, my husband was cleaning out the garage. When I left for work this morning, I saw at the curbside, leaning against our trash cans, all disassembled (gasp!) the kids' little red wagon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HRR6JY?ie=UTF8&tag=medpundit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000HRR6JY).

Seeing it discarded like that cast a pall over the rest of the day. I haven't thought of that wagon for years, and the kids all outgrew it a long time ago, but it was such a ubiquitous part of the background of our family's early years, that it's impossible not to grieve its passing. It made our long walks possible. It accompanied us to July 4th fireworks in the park and outdoor concerts. We've gone trick-or-treating in it and used it to haul pumpkins and flats of flowers.
http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=medpundit-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000HRR6JY
u·biq·ui·tous http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pnghttp://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif (https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fubiquitou s) /yuˈbɪkhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngwɪhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngtəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yoo-bik-wi-tuhhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngs] –adjective existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

[Violet1966]

I definitely don't use this one and it looks to be a very good one! Loved the story you got it from. I'm going to purposely use this in conversation today. Ubiquitous trees. Ubiquitous clouds. OMG I'm even going to teach this one to the kids today. Wouldn't it be funny if my soon to be in 2nd grade daughter could retain this kind of stuff and use it? She's already blown her teacher away, knowing the difference and meaning of herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.

Ubiquitous. Yay I even remembered the spelling without having to check! LOL Nice word Leon thank you! :)

I've learned a new word today! :happy:

Ubiquitous!!! :happy: :happy: :happy:

*saying it over and over to myself* LOL :)

[ethics]

For the record, I love words like it because they are used, not much, but used. I don't like words that people DON'T use and it shows up for the sake of making the author look intelligent than they are.

But ubiquitous is used pretty fairly. :)

[ravital]

But ubiquitous is used pretty fairly. :)


Indubitably!

:rofl:

[Fiona]

Thank you for that. It's common enough that I should know it well. And now I do.


One thing though... shouldn't the "a" be an "an" before the word ubiquitous?

[ravital]

Only guessing here... Depends on how the "u" is pronounced in the word...

An uncle.

A uniform.

A ubiquitous item.

???

Just my intuition.

[Violet1966]

Wow that is a good one. I would think "an" or "a" could work with this one.

[Fiona]

Only guessing here... Depends on how the "u" is pronounced in the word...

An uncle.

A uniform.

A ubiquitous item.

???

Just my intuition.oh yes... good one! the u is making the yu sound... thanks.

[Violet1966]

I've learned something from this thread already. I learned I cannot retain information in one day! LMAO Yesterday I was outside and sitting watching the kids play, and tried to remember this word. I could not remember it. Then I looked at the thread again before bed last night, and today, the word stuck in my head. I hope it's fixed there and doesn't go anywhere now. I was even able to recall the word and the definition, and the fact it was an adjective, and passed it on to a neighbor. LOL Yay! :happy: