Yesterneve

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Hello! I trust everyone's holidays are progressing smoothly and with a minimum of angst!

Today, we have several words!


Yesterneve [yes-tern-eve]
noun


Definition

Yesterday evening.


Etymology

From Old English eyrstan (yesterday) + aefen (even).



Other old and obsolete (though hopefully no longer!) words to describe time include:

• Hesternal; of or relating to yesterday

• Nudiustertian; of or relating to the day before yesterday

• Overmorrow; of or relating to the day after tomorrow

• Postriduan; of or relating to the following day

• Yestermorn; yesterday morning.

As of today, my hesternal activities included drinking lots of tea and playing Goldeneye on the Wii on yestermorn, which did wonders to cure me of my hangover, brought on by my nudiustertian excesses. Yesterneve, I had a Boxing Day party at a friend's extremely large house, which I am paying for today! My postriduan activities will likely be washing clothes and relaxing as much as possible, as on the overmorrow, I return to work after six days off.

Fortunately, it's only for one day and then I have another two off!

Comments

[stefanyeah.livejournal.com]

Oh, so there really used to be a word for the day after tomorrow. I really wonder why it became obsolete. Always found the day after tomorrow a bit impractical.

[med_cat]

Love these, esp. "nidiustertian" and "postriduan" :P

[deadsilent.livejournal.com]

Hesternal is pretty fabulous, and not too horrible to work into everyday writing or speech!

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

My managers have a book on words, terms and phrases to use on their staff to either push them, derail them or put them on the back foot, so to speak. Basically, it's a collection of ways for managers to manipulate their staff, whether with rewards, punishments or the way you speak to them, including examples.

What has this got to do with anything? When managers try and use this against me, I find it fantastic to counteract them with words and phrases they don't know. I used hesternal and postriduan in one such conversation!

What's also fun is calling them out on their managerial jargon, especially when it's stuff to try and put you on the back foot. Stating "Argumentum ad absurdum!" or "Ad hominem tu quoque!" every few minutes gets hilarious!