#literatim

[shieldagentnatasharomanoff]

“  you could’ve gotten yourself killed! you could’ve— fuck!  you scared the shit outta me.  ”

An eyebrow was raised. Her lips was split, a gash on her forehead still bled. Natasha looked rough from running straight into the gun fire. It had bought them time. It had given the others cover. She reached out and placed a hand against his cheek. "It's okay. As long as you made it out it's alright." Natasha offered a sad smile. She was in pain and didn't wand Bucky to notice. She wasn't as fine as she liked him to believe, but right now she needed to calm him, then treat the shot wound that bled against the inside of her jacket.

[shieldagentnatasharomanoff]

‘Yes, well, the only thing frightening at the present is how you’re holding that carving knife.’

Natasha twirled the knife in her hand, movement sure and precise. "Frightening? You scared I would use it on you?" She asked, eyebrow raised. "Don't worry, you're not the person I'm mad at. Just talked to Clint... He isn't planning on helping. He retired and that's how it's gonna be. Appearently I have to go look for a new partner in this."

The knife sliced through the tomato with ease, still, the angle on which she held it was nontheless murderous. "What do you want, James? Dinners going to take a bit more time and I can't guarantie that I won't use this on someone... especially one purple loving archer."

[shieldagentnatasharomanoff]

❝ is that body real or fake? ❞

Natasha put her hands on her hips, looking over to Bucky a grin on her face. "Do you seriously have to ask that? I mean a haunted house without bodies would be kind of boring. You think we need more blood? I might be able to find some more knifes too."

[thebearthatreads]

Saturday Word of the Day: Literatim

*Literatim: letter-for-letter; literally. When you write out your thoughts, try to avoid writing literatim. You never know who might end up reading your words. -END-  

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[douglasbgibson]

stat

stat—immediately; medical shorthand designating an urgent request.

Stat is short for Latin statim

Statim, paradoxically, is from Latin stare to "stand still."  

The sense is like our English “on the spot” as in “do it now before you even move.”

Latin has traditionally been used for medical terms.  It was the learned language of western civilization even after it ceased to be a spoken language. It is still used in the creation of new medical terms.

 Some other similar Latin adverbs that we use in English:

 literatim—"letter for letter," from Latin littera, letter

 verbatim—"word for word." from latin verba, word.

 seriatim--"in order, one subject after another," from Latin series, a chain of things fastened together.

[literatim-me]