WORD FOR THE DAY(5/14/18)flocculate

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WORD FOR THE DAY(5/14/18)flocculate



Word of the Day : May 7th, 2018

flocculate

verb FLAH-kyuh-layt

Definition

: to aggregate or coalesce into small lumps or loose clusters

Did You Know?

In the late 16th century, scientists noticed that the loose masses separated from a solution or suspension through precipitation often resembled tufts of wool, and they began to refer to them as flocks, using a word for "tufts" that comes ultimately from the synonymous Latin word floccus. (This flock is not related to the flock that refers to a group of animals, which comes from Old English flocc, meaning "crowd" or "band.") About two centuries later, the Late Latin term flocculus found its way into English and was also used with the meaning "a small loosely aggregated mass." By the end of the 19th century, a whole word family had been formed, including the adjective flocculent, the noun floccule, and the verb flocculate.

Examples

During fermentation, yeast cells flocculate and either rise to the top or sink to the bottom of the vat.

"The polymer causes organics and dirt in the water to flocculate or collect together out of suspension." — Jill Pickett, The News-Enterprise (Elizabethtown, Kentucky), 2 May 2013

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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.

MY ENTRY: Sanctuary Cities allow flocks of folks defecating wherever they want, thus causing numerous floating crap games to flocculate across the city.

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This is for tomorrow, today! :-)

[PROCON]

What I thought was my flatulation, actually resulted in flocculation.

(Hey, it's MY news 😀)

[Robert A Cook PE]

On the other hand, my dentist always I flosstoolate.

[freedumb2003]

I love how this SOUNDS like a cuss word!

“You can just go flocculate your effluvia!”

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flatulence and flocculence can be closely related.

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It’s never too late to start, though! :-)

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Ooooo...what you said! :-)

[Robert A Cook PE]

“Congratulations on your recent floccuation !” does sound a bite innocuous though.

[Robert A Cook PE]

But if you get a flatulate, you get to tire well after your pit stop, not two tires before the pit stop.

[lee martell]

Confucius say:

“When opulence becomes flocculant,
The succulent become copulant.

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Ah SO!

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Drunken Ernesto barfed up flocculated burritos after downing a fifth of tequila.

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!Ay Carumba!

!Yo No Gusta Los Burritos Flocculatos!

[DannyTN]

Sounds like the Palestinians are going to flocculate towards the border tomorrow. I expect Israel will de-flocculate then in short order. At the end of the day they might be asking themselves, “What the floc was I thinking?”.

[Louis Foxwell]

The flocculation of deceit is clogging Mueller’s witchcraft spells. It will soon be unable to move in any direction.

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De-flocculation can be most painful.

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Flocculation in a crucible of sorts.

[jmacusa]

May I suggest a word for the day? “Mendacious’’. adjective. Not truthful, giving to lying, false. Hillary Clinton’s mendacious nature made her unpopular with a majority of Americans.