Posted on 06/11/2008 5:20:27 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Wednesday, 6/11/08
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".
fetor; noun
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
Also, foetor.
Etymology: Origin: 1475–1500; < L, equiv. to fét- (s. of fétére to stink) + -or -or1; r. earlier fetour < MF < L fétōr-, s. of fétor]
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
One can get a whiff of the fetor of the rotting carcass of the MSM, every time one of these bozos opens their yap.
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No pushing at the door please!
okay, vast dumped class on me today while he goes to his “OFF SITE” engagement. i have opened the doors but will be off site my own self most of today. so BEHAVE. and homework up on the desk first thing!
The fetor of Hillary’s pants suit, trailed her on the way out of the campaign.
Excited, at last, just to meet her,
Till I got a small whiff of her feet, or,
Some other scent,
That t’weren’t heaven sent,
She was pretty, but with one hell of a fetor!
(Gals - I’m sure this works well in gender reversal, too!! ;-)
that thing could walk, with or without her in it! A++
A++ GROSS!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you liked it! ;-P
The fetor that will remain after the Democratic Convention in Denver has some worried, and now preventive measures are being made to insure that that a chinook wind will arrive off season to air the place out.
There is a putrid fetor about this explanation that both vast and xsmommy have to be offsite today.... hmmmm.
i heard about that but haven’t followed it closely. i don’t understand exactly what the problem is, it is a problem with only certain varieties? A++
LOL!! A++ that is highly likely, isn’t it?
vast’s off-site venue is in TX and mine is in VA, so no putrid fetor. A++
Apparently so. Grape and cherry tomatoes are safe, as are those you buy "on the vine." USDA has issued a list of states that tomatoes from are all safe, including Arkansas and Florida.
It’s just like the spinach contamination with E. coli a couple of years ago. I’m certain that the tomato fields were contaminated with run-off water from a livestock operation. In this case, probably from poultry since the organism is Salmonella.
Of course all the xenophobes on FR are convinced that illegals are sneaking into the fields and intentionally pooping on the produce.
xsmommy in VA (first 2 letters of "VAST")
vast in TX (which could stand for "tasty xsmommy")
I think there's more than meets the eye here.
so the problem arises from them laying on the ground? i don’t get it, how does ON THE VINE make it ok?
LOL! i am quite sure they are!!
You would have been proud of me yesterday. There was a thread about Scarlett Johansson endorsing Obama and I refrained from making my usual derogatory comments about her morals.
oh alright already, you caught us out! ; )
Washing your produce properly will go a long way toward stopping such problems.
I do not use chemicals in my field, nor do I poop out there, yet I still wash everything that comes from there before I eat it.
i saw that thread and it was a retread from MONTHS ago, anyway! glad you are conducting yourself judiciously ; )
bc bugs and birds and God knows what other creatures ARE pooping on them! LOL!
Wow! Vicadin really does enhance my powers of deductive reasoning!
I could not tell if the stench was the general’s feet or his general fetor.
A++ good one!
you addicted yet? why you taking them? i have had it prescribed for me, in the past, but they made me feel like crap and i wondered who could stand them long enough to get addicted to them!
I can imagine the salmonella being internal to the fruit (either recently absorbed through the roots or saturated into a break in the skin).
To be perfectly honest, I have absolutely no clue. When it comes to the grape and cherry variety the “not on the ground” concept has merit, as those plants tend to not have fruit on the ground. Romas (italian plum) are on the list of varieties of concern, and those plants do tend to grow on the ground if not artificially propped up.
As I understand this outbreak, the tomatoes are internally contaminated. Washing or externally decontaminating is important, but may not help in this instance. The only thing that will kill internal bacteria is cooking.
Hillary! How did Barack beat ‘er?
Did he use “hope” and “change” to defeat her?
Or did sins of her past
Leave the voters aghast
At the smell and the stench and the fetor?
As far as I know, and believe me I’m no expert, a break in the skin is about the only way it would become internal. But if it is internal, all one needs to do is cook the fruit -— of course one doesn’t know if it is infected.....
And beer makes you better looking. (Depending on who drinks it.)
The source of the outbreak hasn’t been pinpointed, but the FDA said some states have been ruled out, so tomatoes of all types are safe if grown in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Tomatoes grown in Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Netherlands and Puerto Rico are also deemed safe.
how does a fruit/veg get internally contaminated? the seed is contaminated somehow during gestation?
A+++ love it! fetid fetor indeed.
you stole my example A
; )
and i don’t get that either, how can they categorically rule those states safe and others suspect? based on what?
Israel and the Netherlands grow tomatoes? Who knew?
I don’t know how they determine it, but apparently someone knows
Florida’s agriculture commissioner said today that Florida-grown tomatoes have been deemed safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which warned about a multi-state salmonella outbreak that has sickened 145 people and left at least 23 hospitalized.
“I was confident Florida was not the problem and was not the source of the salmonella outbreak impacting other states,” Commissioner Charles Bronson said. “Florida tomato growers have one of the most stringent tomato production programs in the nation.”
Bronson said the FDA has added Florida tomatoes to its list of states with “safe to eat” tomatoes.
I knew about Isreal, but the Netherlands is a new one on me.
During growth, the plant absorbs water through its roots. If the water is contaminated with harmful bacteria, they are absorbed, too. The bacteria grow and multiply in the fruit without causing spoilage or obvious damage. If the food is ingested raw, live bacteria harmful to humans is released and cause disease.
Bacteria occur in fruits and vegetables naturally. Most of the time the bacteria aren’t harmful to humans and we can eat raw fruits and vegetables without becoming ill. In this case, the crops’ irrigation water was contaminated with harmful bacteria.
so i guess i have to closely examine the tomatoes in the safeway to see from whence they are coming. i would hope that safeway would not put them out if they came from a potentially infected state, but can’t rely on others for that, i would guess. i don’t cook tomatoes, i only like them on a sandwich or in a salad.
okay, that makes sense to me. seems like this would happen a lot more often, though, doesn’t it?
okay but as i think about it, as gabz said, grape and cherry tomatoes are free from this problem, tomatoes ON THE VINE somehow are ok, how does that fit in with your explanation?
Nah, I strained my lower back last week while replacing the decking on my balcony, and the Dr gave me enough for a week. It’s only painful when I first get up in the mornin’. I’m saving the last 2 in case I injure myself again.
Never clicked the link in your example.
I figured there were a million media examples for today’s word...
Obama gazed upward at the pulpit where Rev.Wright had worked himself along with the adoring congregation into a fervent, fetid, fetor of flatulence.
i think i threw mine all out or i’d give ya my stash! ; )
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