What's in a name?

Published on September 20, 2005 By pseudosoldier In Personal Relationships

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Main Entry: Jer·e·mi·ah
Pronunciation: -'mI-&
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin Jeremias, from Greek Hieremias, from Hebrew YirmeyAh
1 : a major Hebrew prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries B.C.
2 : one who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future
3 : a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture -- see BIBLE table

I used to joke: even my blood type is B Negative.

Comments

Spc Nobody Special

on Sep 20, 2005

Let us not forget, he also wrote Lamentations.

pseudosoldier

on Sep 20, 2005

Shoot. Shows how little Biblical knowledge I have. I'll read that after I'm done with his eponymous work.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 01, 2005

So Jeremiah= Sad Sack?

pseudosoldier

on Oct 03, 2005

So Jeremiah= Sad Sack?

Something like that. I can't even make it through reading the books by my namesake. Too depressing.

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