The word "quirk" first appears in the middle of the 16th century. However, its origin is (so far) unknown.
Off topic but it seems Athena was the Goddess of craft and Minerva the Roman Goddess . I wonder what crafts were the principle ones in their domain. Were there any liturgies written , I wonder what might have been listed in them. Blacksmithing comes to mind but that would have been Hephaestus/Vulcan and would apparently have incorporated plenty of other crafts. Perhaps these Gods double jobbed.
It was craft as in "arts and crafts": pottery, weaving etc. (all that hippy sh*t Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! )
Hmm. That's not what I would take it to mean, although context is everything, Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! When one uses the metaphor of a pendulum swinging it is usually in the context to the ebb and flow of momentum in a contest. For example, when watching a team sport one team may be on top to begin with, then the other, and the momentum swings one way then the next - like a pendulum on a clock. So when one says "the pendulum was to swing again" in this context it would mean that the momentum was to shift to the other side again.
Yes ,you are more correct than me. Well I was quite badly wrongPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! (hybris is everythingPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!) Sorry and thanks.
The essence of the pendulum metaphor is that back-and-forth is inevitable. If it swings one way, you expect it to swing the other way eventually (though metaphoric pendulums are not as reliable as physical ones). The political pendulum swings from left to right to left to right. An approximate equivalent would be ebb and flow.
Imagine a roller-coaster: when you go down a sudden drop your stomach feels as though it gets left behind at the top, gradually catching up with the rest of you. This is what I'd describe as a stomach-lurching feeling. Applied to Deutsche Bank, it basically means their share/stock-price took a nose-dive such that it took a while for investors to recover and reach stability again.
"To lurch" is an intransitive verb and so literally it should be the stomach that is moving . The way it is used would give me the impression that something is "lurching the stomach" . So perhaps it is a bit incorrect but has seemingly become a set expression.
"Rig" has several meanings. 1. To put something in proper order and condition so that it can be used. It's most commonly used this way in nautical language, for rigging the sails on a ship. 2. It is also used more generally with a similar meaning, such as: rigging a device in order to solve a problem or to facilitate a process. 3. Finally, it is used in a considerably different way: rigging an election by replacing the real ballots with counterfeit ballots. The third definition is the one that is most often encountered, but it is important to understand that it is not the only correct meaning.
