Word For The Day, Friday, December 19, 2003

The Verbivores | 12/19/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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amatory \ah*meh*tow*ree\, adjective:
amatorious; adjective
amatoriously; adverb
amatoriousness; noun

1. Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions. [Obs.]
2. Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge

When the birds are cacaphonic in the trees and on the verge
Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a scourge.
It is not delight in winter that makes feathered voices surge,
But autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge.

When the frost is on the punkin' and when leaf and branch diverge,
Birds with hormones reawakened sing a paean, not a dirge.
What's the reason for their warbling? Why on earth this late-year splurge?
The autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge.

--Susan Stiles, copyright December 1973

Etymology [Latin am t rius, from am tor, lover. See amateur.]

[Conspiracy Guy]

I put tiddy bowl in the tank. Now the toilet ghost is blue.

[Conspiracy Guy]

The ghost of Juan Valdez or his Burro most likely.

[CholeraJoe]

Cheer for Gondor and Rohan, Vast.

[CholeraJoe]

Seriesly, the kind of people that do things like that, are the same ones you find driving into parked cars, in their own driveway FCOL.

I'll bet their kids lick ice cream right off the scoop, too.

[xsmommy]

i'll get you, ceej, and your little dogs too... ; )

[4mycountry]

The movie is awesome. We saw it on the 17th since that was my birthday. You'll love it! *nods*

[secret garden]

Amatory urge
Here it makes a nice haiku
This is my homework
:-)

[kimmie7]

It's FRIIIIIIIIIday!!!!!! Hooray hooray! The munchkein is going to granny's tonight....the hubby is off tonight....and my thoughts lean toward the amatory.

That's the best ya get on NO coffee.....lol.

[xsmommy]

cheap. but cute : )

[secret garden]

Can one set land speed records while using public transportation?

[xsmommy]

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Tony Blair is a lib, but there's more to the story
On foreign affairs, he says, "I Amatory"

With Saddam tossed in jail, he is sharing the glory
Tony Blair and George Bush, acting quite amatory

[secret garden]

That's me!

[secret garden]

ROR! I'm sending that pic to my Army friends.

[NeoCaveman]

Can one set land speed records while using public transportation?

Unlikely.

The car should be fixed today. I may even have time to clear some work from desk today.

[hobbes1]

Speaking of little dogs......

[secret garden]

Check out the fancy lad on the lamp too.

[xsmommy]

i feel some measure of relief today with school finishing up for 2 weeks. was up til 11 pm last night, dipping the shortbread in chocolate. searching for the #$%^ing breadcloth that i stitched for one of xsbrownie's teachers that i did NOT find, so i had to dig out something i had stitched for myself, wash and press that and use it, bc i had one done for the OTHER teacher. Oh Lord the trials and tribulations. The school gifts out of the house and out of my mind is a relief. now i can finish the christmas cards and shopping/wrapping.

[xsmommy]

what about him?

[tioga]

Is that YOU xs?