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serendipity

(n): good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
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about 1 month ago kewpid said:

Oh wait, never mind, I've worked it out

about 1 month ago kewpid said:

What's the not-nice one, bilb?

about 1 month ago bilby said:

The nice s-word.

4 months ago languageandhumor said:

If "The Three Princes of Serendip" had been written much later, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale could have starred in "Ceylonity" or even "Srilankanity."

8 months ago pxsarkany said: Princes of Serendip

I recall it was because the Brothers from Serendip always got lucky, because they were in the right place at the right time.

Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip, it's really cool

10 months ago eyalherlin said: i stumbled upon serendipty and fell in love

about 1 year ago muamor said: Amazing word, really.

We have absolutely nothing like that in Finnish. Life moves in serendipitous ways. Which is good.

about 1 year ago conceptwriter said:

Oh, how I wonder how popular this word is...

about 1 year ago haguremetaru said:

Like the mooV

about 1 year ago dbmag9 said: The lottery fallacy?

Why are the forces for the universe set the way they are? Why am I so happy? Why did I catch the train today? Some will say that these are merely coincidences that had to happen to somebody. But others will reply: Yes, but they didn't have to happen to us. That there is so much happiness in our world; that we have these little, fortuitous, coincidences; truly, we have serendipity.

about 1 year ago seanahan said:

Like the island.

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