Posted on 07/02/2008 5:24:57 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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".
reify • \RAY-uh-fye\ • verb
to regard (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing; to give definite content and form to (something abstract)
Example sentence:
"He describes the phenomenal popularity of Edwin Markham's proletarian poem 'The Man With the Hoe,' which reified labor's feelings of injustice." (Neal Gabler, The Washington Post, February 18, 1996)
Did you know?
"Reify" is a word that attempts to provide a bridge between what is abstract and what is real. Fittingly, it derives from a word that is an ancestor to "real" -- the Latin noun "res," meaning "thing." Both "reify" and the related noun "reification" first appeared in English in the mid-19th century, though "reification" is a few years older and some dictionaries consider "reify" to be a back-formation of the noun. In general use, the words refer to the act of considering or presenting an abstract idea in real or material terms, or of judging something by a concrete example.
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....
Review Threads:
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
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Here is my example with today's WFTD.
While democrats attempt to reify a crisis of the uninsured, the most successful programs in dealing with the issue are those that get the government LESS involved with providing healthcare -- not more.
No pushing at the door please!
Happy Humpday Everybody!
Get to class you slackers!
Get to class you slackers!
Get to class you slackers!
Good morning, Vast.
Good morning.
Reify beans for everybody.
Good morning Truth
Bill’s no-spin zone is a reillified change from CNN’s drivel, but he is not as good as Laura.
I got up earlier than usual this morning, put on some walking shorts and took the dogs for a jog, that quickly dropped into a brisk walk, that then dropped into a leisurely walk. When I got back home I shaved, showered, got dressed, and left for work. I got into the office about 45 minutes early. I’m thinking about making a routine out of this.
“Hope and Change” which the left tries to reify
Into more than the words really say. If I
Explain to the masses
They’re acting like asses
By choosing a loser to deify
It’s quite the stag party we have going this morning. What happened to all the women?
Same thing happened yesterday. Dave suggested they were all still painting their faces, and Gabz b*tch slapped him.
I'd much rather watch Laura Ingraham than Bill OReally anyday.
I'll rectify (no, not meaning the WFTD here) it by purchasing them a watermelon on the way home tonight. I'll not try to reify a cause for the alarm going off: truth is 'no idea why'.
That means we can smoke cigars in the classroom.
Hmmmm, what does your neighbor look like? And do you have alterior motives, here?
Talk about news you can use this Fourth of July weekend...
I dunno. When I left, they were all fast asleep with big smiles on their faces.
Pirman, who lives in Mentor, and 30-year-old Stephen Drapp III were caught having intercourse on the hood of a car in the parking lot on Civic Center Drive outside of the police and fire stations in the early morning hours May 23, police said. Drapp and Pirman were charged with public indecency. Pirman has a history with Drapp and the police.
i see a full half hour of testosterone fueled frivolity was had here this AM : )
yer just J ; )
From the article "In 1993, she was convicted on two counts of corruption of a minor and sentenced to jail. Police said Pirman and Drapp, who were then 35 and 14, respectively, had sex in the back of Pirman's car while another 14-year-old drove them around on Valentine's Day in 1992.
It's a long term relationship, lol.
I guess after 16 years, you got to find ways of keeping it fresh.
And everyone said those crazy kids could never make a go of it, yet here 16 years later they still have a thing for sex in or on cars.
true lub obv.
Well. That’ll set your car alarm off.
I was not wearing fake breasts or a wig!
i am rolling on the floor here~!
i notice there was no denial of the THONG!!!
To counter the effect of Obama’s rhetoric of change, it is necessary for us to reify and forcefully articulate the concepts and values underlying true conservatism.
I guess I could get me some Richard Simmons shorts to wear for my morning jog/walk with the dogs.
i think the fake breasts would be a nicer touch....
Excellent! Only rarely do I give out grades in here, but if I can find the gradebook I’ll put you down for an A++.
i tracked down a new DD this AM, right near Army Navy CC where xsbrownie is a CIT this summer. turns out one of the ladies from my old haunt that closed down works there and recognized me : )
Well they proved everyone wrong.
No ulterior motives. She’s married, pretty, 2 kids. Hubby is away becoming a Pilot for the Navy, so I keep an eye on things, cut the lawn, etc etc. But that’s it.
$100 Million upfront for Maja Rushie in his new radio deal?
http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2008/07/rush-limbaugh-in-sunday-nyt-cover-story.html
Worth every penny.
Liberals reaction will be......priceless.
I don’t know if this is the best sentence, but I just watered the plants for the reification of the next three days of 114-degree-plus weather. Guess we won’t be barbecueing on the 4th of July.
It’s early. I’m going back to bed.
the man is worth some serious coinage. can he offset Soros? i am unsure of Soros’ net worth.
Soros has, or controls so much money he damn near destroyed the British pound back in the 1990's.
Rush doesn't have that kind of money. He now has "Oprah" money, but not "Soros" money.
oh ok.
Just googled and found that that devil’s net worth is 8.5 Billion dollars.
Now that’s real money.
I did not sleep well and have missed my morning run due to reified paranoia about my son having a kid stay over last night after the concert and it was the first time I had even met him.
holy crap~!
Is your silverware still in place? ;-)
Good morning all.
Knives are still there, yes.
No ulterior motives.
That was kind of you to simply spell it right without pointing out my bad spelling. (I guess I was combining "ulterior" with "alternative" to come up with my creative new word.)
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