;Posted on 10/06/2014 6:10:50 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 10/6/14
;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".
williwaw; n
1.
a violent squall that blows in near-polar latitudes, as in the Strait of Magellan, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands.
Definition of williwaw| See synonyms| Comment on today's word| Suggest tomorrow's word
Quotes:
Outside, a new note has crept into the wind, a black williwaw sound straight from the terrible wastes to the north.
-- Walker Percy, The Moviegoer , 1961
There was a big williwaw blowing and nothing was moving on the island. So I was a couple of days late in leaving…
-- Edited by Fern Chandonnet, Alaska at War, 1941-1945: The Forgotten War Remembered , 2007
Etymology:
Williwaw entered English in the 1830s. It is of unknown origin.
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.
Once one of Patient Zero's contacts come down with ebola, a nationwide williwaw will ensue.
No pushing at the door please!
anyone with a fever or showing any ebola-like symptoms please do not enter the classroom, rather head for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC. 20006. Thank you.
little williwaw go home
but you can’t push williwaw williwaw go
try telling everybody but whoa no!
little willie-williewaw....go home!
...And lick all the phones, williwaw and willy nilly
George Bush invades Iraq, caused a williwaw
But when Barack wages his willy-nilly war
No dissenters are heard
From the mainstream—no word
Just the tingles, the worship, the silly awe
is that a thing? A+++
A+++ gross!
A tempest blows indignant from fetid tropical swamps. It is the breath of little tin gods demanding their authority over the land. They blow hot but the greater williwaw from the north will swallow them up in its icy grip. It is the breath of free men who will not tolerate those puny demiurges of progressive tyranny.
if the globe wasn’t warming that would be COLD water ; ) A+++
A++++ good one. But FPL has called him “intellectually lazy” which is quite stern for Tingles.
that was just beautiful! A+++++
kudos A+++
aha.
Ah, williwaw, ah williwaw, ah williwaw, ah williwaw
Ah, williwaw, ah williwaw, ah williwaw, ah williwaw
In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps toniiiiight.
(sigh!) i know it’s an oldie, but really???? little willie by the sweet???
now that one I KNOW! A+++
doesn’t ring a bell, sorry!
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