Are you a czar or czarina???.....Master these words and be one

By Ranjans S.

Calendar or Calender or Colander:

• Calendar---A list showing the days and months of the whole year. Pirelli Tyres were famous for their calendars showcasing photographs of beautiful women.
• Calender---It's a machine used for processing paper.
• Colander---It is used in the kitchen to strain vegetables.

Chauvinism and Chauvinist:

Nicholas Chauvin, a soldier in the French camp was a passionate follower of Napolean Bonaparte. He drew a lot of flak owing to his veneration to Napolean. Hence an incorrigible and blatant patriot is called Chauvinist.

Chauvinism refers to boastfulness about any other affiliate besides one's country. Nicholas advocated this dangerous and blind patriotism.

However, now women's liberation movement has taken over this word. You might have heard-MCP---Male Chauvinist Pig....used by liberated women crying their hearts out and chanting this acronym, in favour of their less liberated womenfolk counterparts, who have suffered, even in the slightest, at the hands of men.....

So MEN BEWARE!!!If you deny equal rights for women, you'll be termed as an MCP 

Conjugal:

Phew!!!.....Marital disputes are ubiquitous nowadays, and no one seems to be in a mood to reconcile :(

The wait is long!!!....till then let's pronounce this word properly....

CONjugal i.e  the state of being married.

Consummate:

Note how the pronunciation changes the meaning of a word. When it is pronounced conSUMat, it means fully skilled and perfect.

He is a consummate musician.

When you say CONsumayt, it means to complete something.

This book is a consummation of ten years' of hard work.

You also use this word to show that marriage is consummated/ complete by sexual intercourse.

Though they are married, their marriage is yet not consummated.

Next week more interesting words discussions in the offing....till then loads of love to my newly annointed czars and czarinas..... :)