4th "Word of the Week": Infamous

I've been having so much trouble with formatting this weekly theme, that I am contemplating quitting.


After typing that sentence, you won't believe what just happened.  After deciding I wouldn't quit, and typing this whole thing in, and being so frustrated that it took so long(!)  I deleted what I thought were the drafts of the post, got up to go finish making supper, and after supper came back just now to find that I accidently DELETED THE POST!!!  I have never done that before.


After screaming at the top of my lungs, and saying, "I cannot BELIEVE I did that!" about 6 times, (it took me about 3 hours to get that thing to work) I went about finding a way to get it back.  And, Praise the Lord, there are people out there who know how to help you in situations like this.  So, I'm going to share what I just found out with you, so that you will be prepared if this should ever happen to you!


If you ever delete a post, make sure you're on the same computer that you were on when you did the post, go to a new tab, and just hit CTRL-H (to go to the History of where you've been) and click on the line where the post was still there last (this may take a few tries to find it, so don't give up) and then click to continue editing it, or paste it into a new post from the View mode.  I found mine under the Publish Status, because I had clicked to Publish, before I deleted it! Then I was able to click Edit and keep on going.


Wow!  What an experience!  Good thing it wasn't anything more important than the Word of the Week, or I may have...well, who knows what I might have done.  Thank you, Lord! And thank you, Peter! for the valuable information. If this method doesn't help you, click on his link for other methods to try.


Ok, so now you know one more thing about me--I'm a drama queen.  Enough drama for one night.   I will press on!  And, now, for the Word of the Week!


Here is a different kind of word, with an extremely negative connotation.  Perhaps you've heard it used wrongly, or used it yourself, without thinking, to mean something quite the opposite.  It is a word that is easy to confuse with another, so I thought we'd clear up any confusion on the subject!


The word infamous is not the same as, or interchangeable with, the word "famous," though it is often misused in this way.

WORD OF THE WEEK

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THE 4th "WORD OF THE WEEK" IS:

infamous

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DEFINITION:  Having a reputation

of the worst kind

Websters 1828 Dictionary

IN'FAMOUS, a. [L. infamis; infamo, to defame; in and fama, fame.]

1. Of ill report, emphatically; having a reputation of the worst kind; publicly branded with odium for vice of guilt; base; scandalous; notoriously vile; used of persons; as an infamous liar; an infamous rake or gambler.

2. Odious; detestable; held in abhorrence; that renders a person infamous rake or gambler.

3. Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime. An infamous person cannot be a witness.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

in·fa·mous

adj \ˈin-fə-məs\

Definition of INFAMOUS

1   : having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil infamous traitor

2   : causing or bringing infamy : disgraceful infamous crime

3   : convicted of an offense bringing infamy

— in·fa·mous·ly adverb

Related to INFAMOUS

Synonyms: discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, ignominious, disreputable, louche, notorious, opprobrious, shady, shameful, shoddy, shy, unrespectable

Antonyms: honorable, reputable, respectable

To see a "Word of the Week" from the past, click on the link.


I hope you have never ever deleted one of your posts or YOUR WHOLE BLOG, but tell me about it, if you have, so I will feel better, ok?