Posted on 05/01/2012 6:27:18 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, May 1, 2012
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
ullage [uhl-ij]
-n
1. the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
2. the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use.
3. Rocketry the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French ulliage; Old French ouillage, ( h ) eullage wine needed to fill a cask, equivalent to ( a ) ouill ( er ) to fill (a cask) (derivative of ouil eye, hole < Latin oculus ) + -age -age ]
Rimmer: Mayday, Mayday! I wonder why they call it “Mayday” ? It’s only a bank holiday. Why not “Shrove Tuesday”, or “Ascension Sunday” ? Ascension Sunday, Ascension Sunday! 2nd Wednesday after Pentecost, 2nd Wednesday after Pentecost!
The ullage in my bank accounts since Obama took over has increased exponentially.
I think the secret service guys would have been better off had their drinks had a bit more ullage.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/teen-girls-sunbathing-pa-road-struck-car-16240735#.T58i3LOXSnk
Holy Moley they grow some dumb ones over in Beaver county.
I am feeling a ullage in my spirit today.
I guess it’s due to the fact that it has not stopped raining for as week.
Darn!
Somebody bumped my coffee cup, and now I have excess spullage all over my luggage on the living room ruggage.
(A pessimist says the coffee cup is half empty.
An optimist says the coffee cup is half fullage.
An engineer says the coffee cup has twice as much ullage as it could be....
they should be charged with aggravated criminal stupidity.
is that some devil-worshipping pic you posted there or what?
Aggravated? No. Simple. Very, very simple.
There seems to be quite a great ullage
‘twixt Obama’s claims and his true knowledge
He brags, struts, parades
But won’t show his grades
Too many C’s, D’s, F’s in college
you got that right.
interesting. i said the St Michael the Archangel prayer to counter it after looking at the pic ; )
Those are the kind of girls you wanted to play strip poker with. ;-)
And it is again. After all those years of being "Allegheny Energy" they have resumed using the old name.
The ullage in my heart is at least a quart low. We said goodbye to our favorite dog on Saturday and our household is down to one rescue dog and an ungrateful shelter cat. It seems very empty and sad to me.
i had no idea they had even changed names temporarily! shut that door! we work for west penn PAHR in this hahs or what?
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