Word Of The Day

Apotheosis:

  1. The highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
    his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career
  2. The elevation of someone to divine status.
    death spared Pompey the task of having to account for the apotheosis of Caesar

[Oxford Dictionaries]

Heard on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night. I was surprised to realize I didn’t have much of a concept of it.

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Former BBS operator; software engineer; cat lackey.

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