Regularly published by the Vatican, the title register refers to a list of neologisms invented for modern words and phrases so seminarians and priests can incorporate concepts into their not-quite-dead, working language. Examples include:
weekend: éxiens hebdómada
to slack off on the job: neglegenter operor
to flirt: lusorie amare
snack bar: thermopólium potórium et gustatórium
gangster: gregalis latro
pizza: placenta compressa
snob: homo affectatus
The Opus Fundatum in dictionary form was edited by classical philologist, Augustinian abbot primate and teacher Anacleto Pavanetto and published by the Libreria Editice Vaticana, the publishing house of the Holy See, established in the sixteenth century and becoming a self-governing entity in 1926, is responsible for printing educational material and official documents like papal bulls and encyclicals. The writings of the popes are copyrighted but the institution never laid claim to this intellectual property until the papacy of Benedict XVI (see below) to much controversy and consternation after a book debuted by an independent scholastic published that quoted lightly from the pontiff’s speeches.
synchronoptica
one year ago: Howard Hughes’ private streaming service (with synchronopticæ) plus Putin in Mongolia
twelve years ago: staycations, reactions to the uncanny valley plus a prefiguring of internet etiquette
thirteen years ago: Bavarian castles plus Baden-Württemberg castles
fourteen years ago: a papal audience plus a manufactured mountain for the Danish countryside
sixteen years ago: early versions of webpages