Posted on 05/29/2008 5:29:33 AM PDT by secret garden
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".
cavil \KAV-uhl\, intransitive verb
1. To raise trivial or frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
2. To raise trivial objections to.
3. A trivial or frivolous objection.
Example sentences:
Insiders with their own strong views, after all, tend to cavil about competing ideas and stories they consider less than comprehensive.
-- Laurence I. Barrett, "Dog-Bites-Dog", Time, October 30, 1989
It may seem churlish, amid the selection of so much glory, to cavil at a single omission, but I do think a great opportunity has been missed.
-- Tom Rosenthal, "Rome sweet Rome", New Statesman, February 5, 2001
He was determined not to be diverted from his main pursuit by cavils or trifles.
-- William Safire, Scandalmonger
Etymology:
Cavil comes from Latin cavillari, "to jeer, to quibble," from cavilla, "scoffing."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine and remember - no one is allowed to cavil if the word has been used before.
Kin Ah have a cavil of coffee?
Who do they think they are fooling? Not anyone who has been following their respective histories. A+ for you.
even apart from the overt gheyness, a jewish guy dating a saudi born muslim woman?
Good point - Stranger partnerhip have developed (James Cavil and Mary M.) but you’ve got to wonder at what they can talk about.
Eat the same food.
Eat (er, fast) at the same times.
Worship on which days. On which calender.
Share the same house.
Share the same furniture.
Use the same clothes. (Oh wait, that might not be a problem ...)
I’ve got a red bandana that I wear when I work out. Does that make me a Pali sympathizer? Rachael Ray is just irritating anyway. Do you know she has a line of ORANGE kitchenware for sale? I went to Auburn, for Pete’s sake and I wouldn’t buy an ORANGE Kitchenaide mixer or spatula.
Well, I might buy the spatula if it had an MP-3 player and was priced right.
I can see it with my own eyes
If Dems reach back in their history
And reach a three fifths compromise
I think that spin is a byproduct of the use of caviling in order to present your point in the best possible light in spite of facts. Like the facts about the earth getting colder being explained by the Global Warming Nazis. Or the fact of socialism/communism's inability to be proven as an effective model for government.
oh people decorate their kitchens in oddball ways. xshub, being an SU grad has orange shirts, ties etc. He wore his WAR OTTO tie with an orange shirt to work on monday to celebrate the LAX national championship. he also stayed home yesterday AM bc they had some SU LAX MARATHON on one of the sport channels showing myriad SU LAX games from prior years. This was their 10th national championship, but even so. he is kind of OBSESSED.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Malkin went around the bend on that kerfuffle.
He was smart and funny, unlike today’s talk show hosts.
xsteen and her friend are applying to go to the Young Americans for Freedom YAF conference here in DC in early August. they have to do an essay etc. and have to be accepted, which i thought was kind of odd, but xshub thinks it may be to verify that they are indeed conservatives and not libs trying to infiltrate in order to disrupt. it is heavily subsidized, something like $325 for the week which includes meals and he said lodging, but i find that hard to believe. they wouldn’t need lodging anyway, but maybe they do offer them the GW dorms or something. Should be fun for them. The essay asks why you want to go and what you are doing to advance the cause of conservatism on your college campus.
What a load of crap. It’s just an ugly scarf.
We’ll need some popcorn for that show. A+ for you.
tell me that doesn’t look like my chanel in that painting behind mary matalin?
Definitely an odd couple. A+ for you.
Chanel in abstract.
I actually heard her say one time, “He may look like an extra from ‘Deliverance’ to you, but he looks like Fabio to me.”
And yes it looks like yer poochie, xs.
THAT is hilarious. the old Dobby look-alike must have some sort of mad skills ; )
I knew guys in Baton Rouge who were Carville’s Fraternity brothers at LSU. They could tell some great stories about him.
he is probably great fun, probably a great dad and husband. but i could simply NOT be married to someone with whom i was at odds on basic life philosophy. i would never hold his looks agin him ; ) if he has a good sense of humor etc. looks take a back seat.
It’s a hoot to hear Hillary cavil
“The campaign is so hard—all that travel!”
It was milder, at first
Then her big balloon burst
And her whole life began to unravel
... and I'm calling in the cavil-ry.
When people are constantly harping with trivial or frivolous objections, it’s best to just adopt a cavil ear attitude towards them...
*\;-)
The barber of cavil,
figarro, figgaro, figgaro
Cavil, but Manuel.
The spelunkers began to cavil about the lack of sturdy enough rope during their sudden and unplanned rapid descent.
I’m confused. Your link goes to a polygamy thread. My little pea brain can’t make the connection between polygamy and knowing where the carotid artery is.
dang, let me find Dr. Witte’s slitting of his wife’s throat for ya!
From a first time senator,
the audacity of hope,
not to sound cavil,
but he’s a rope-a-dope.
A+ for you. Whining is not pretty.
A+ for you!
A+ for the musical Anglican.
From a first time senator,
the audacity of hope,
just to cavil,
he’s such a rope-a-dope.
There, that’s better.
A for the earworm. Two bits.
He speaks English very well - but do you know where he learned it?
oh many on FR don’t quibble about it, rather they sing the praises of it!
I wouldn’t doubt that polygamy will go before the supreme court in the next 5 years.
Between the ever expanding right to privacy and the expanding view of the free exercise of religion clause one could cobble together a pretty big majority of the court to overturn it’s old Utah statehood days precedent.
A for you. I’m picturing Freddie, Daphne, and Thelma dropping like a rock.
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