Our Mensiversary

Aloha everybody,

A first milestone; a very very mini one, but still…. One month to the day when I started out the Blog. Yipeeee…

I hope to be writing a similar mail eleven months from now and I am sure that all you students of CAT ‘09 and CET ‘10 will read the same ensconced in one of the IIMs/Top B-schools and all you CAT ‘10 and CET ‘11 students will read the same when well on your way with your preparation to get into them. ;-)

So, as we are celebrating our mensiversary…. er … mensi… what? What is that?
Well a mensiversary is:
The monthly recurring date of a past event.
A celebration commemorating such a date.
Etymology: Latin: mensis (month) + versus (turned).

Is this a word that you can check in the oxford Dictionary, I am afraid you cannot because it has not yet gained currency. But the logic is the same as that of the word anniversary. "Anniversary" comes from the Latin "annus," year + versus (turned).

Like I was saying as we are celebrating our mensiversary let’s look at a few words that denote some specific periods of time. And they are legitimate “Dictionary words”. ;-)

Here goes…

Biennial
Happening every two years.

Triennial
Occurring every three years.

Quadrennial
Occurring every four years.

Quinquennial
Lasting for five years.

Sexennial
Occurring every six years.

Septennial
Occurring every seven years.

Octennial
Occurring every eight years.

Novennial
Recurring every ninth year

Decennial
Occurring every ten years.


On that note,

Ciao