This morning, Dash was trying to figure out how to change the signature file that is embedded in her email text when a colleague referred her to a folder on an electronic knowledge management system. Upon opening the folder, Dash saw a file that was named "Nomenclature". Eh? Nomenclature? Dash's initial wild guess was that the contents of the folder must be only for the female eyes since "no -men" are to be allowed. Perhaps a feminist manifesto has been wrongly placed in this folder? And at that point in time, Dash wished she could call a Farber to ask - After all if anyone in the secular world can read Latin, it has to be a Farber! Annika can probably even make accurate dating of the Latin word's origin!
Oh well, since no Farbers were available at such short notice, Dash had no choice but to venture into the unknown. And so, curiously and gingerly, Dash clicked on the file ... However in a rather anti-climatic fashion, Dash realised it was merely a document that stated how each line of the standard email signature should be worded. Oh. Hrmm. Oh well.
Disppointed, Dash did a quick googling of the word, and found that it actually referred to the system of naming.
Nonetheless, this is still such a cool (and arcane) word to have in one's vocabulary : ) Nomenclature. Ahhhh! Can you imaagine going up to a colleague, looking at her volumes of files on the desk, and remarking carelessly, "I like the nomenclature of your filing system." :D Way cool! ^_^
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