OK, I had always associated "percolate" with coffeemakers. I thought percolating was what they did - drip water through coffee grinds to create coffee.
Apparently the dictionary backs me up:
Main Entry: per·co·late
Pronunciation: 'p&r-k&-"lAt, ÷-ky&-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing
Etymology: Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare, from per- through + colare to sieve -- more at PER-, COLANDER
Date: 1626
transitive senses
1 a : to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent b : to prepare (coffee) in a percolator
2 : to be diffused through : PENETRATE
intransitive senses
1 : to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance : SEEP
2 a : to become percolated b : to become lively or effervescent
3 : to spread gradually <allow the sunlight to percolate into our rooms -- Norman Douglas>
4 : SIMMER 2a
- per·co·la·tion /"p&r-k&-'lA-sh&n/ noun
BUT - according to Mary J. Blige's latest song, I am missing something. She invites the listener as follows: "Let's get it percolatin'".
I was confused.
Then a local sportscaster advised viewers that the Chicago Bulls hoped to get things percolating tonight against the opposing team.
I am lost.
Now I realize I am no longer hip - a square old guy at 25. Can one of you "hep cats" fill me in on this new meaning?
And while you are at it, can anyone translate the following lyric I heard on the radio (from memory):
H to tha Izzo!
V to tha Izzay!
Nizzle my izzle down in V A.
Apparently the dictionary backs me up:
Main Entry: per·co·late
Pronunciation: 'p&r-k&-"lAt, ÷-ky&-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -lat·ed; -lat·ing
Etymology: Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare, from per- through + colare to sieve -- more at PER-, COLANDER
Date: 1626
transitive senses
1 a : to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent b : to prepare (coffee) in a percolator
2 : to be diffused through : PENETRATE
intransitive senses
1 : to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance : SEEP
2 a : to become percolated b : to become lively or effervescent
3 : to spread gradually <allow the sunlight to percolate into our rooms -- Norman Douglas>
4 : SIMMER 2a
- per·co·la·tion /"p&r-k&-'lA-sh&n/ noun
BUT - according to Mary J. Blige's latest song, I am missing something. She invites the listener as follows: "Let's get it percolatin'".
I was confused.
Then a local sportscaster advised viewers that the Chicago Bulls hoped to get things percolating tonight against the opposing team.
I am lost.
Now I realize I am no longer hip - a square old guy at 25. Can one of you "hep cats" fill me in on this new meaning?
And while you are at it, can anyone translate the following lyric I heard on the radio (from memory):
H to tha Izzo!
V to tha Izzay!
Nizzle my izzle down in V A.
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