Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Word of the Day

Got to love it when you learn a new word.

Today, I learned the a new term - pyrrhic victory..... While I knew what the term pyrrhic meant, the whole victory part was new to me.

A pyrrhic victory is one in which there is a great cost, despite the victory. In our neck of the woods, the battle of Bunker Hill would be such a victory. The British won the hill, but lost 40 percent of their men.

Yeah, I know what you thinking.....why I am writing this stuff. Good point. But, I love learning a new word and sharing it....so here is to you pyrrhic victory....May I never have one.