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Word For The Day, Friday, December 19, 2003
The Verbivores
| 12/19/03
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Posted on 12/19/2003 5:28:31 AM PST by 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....
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.]
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To: secret garden
tan lines are a b!tch....
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posted on
12/19/2003 6:42:09 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom; Alamo-Girl; Ragtime Cowgirl
Homework: Amatory.
As Benedict Arnold's wife was heard say, "Yes, amatory. But he betrayed his country because of his love for me."
Hillary, on the other hand, betrays her country for love of self, not for love of Bill.
And international socialism.
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posted on
12/19/2003 6:42:12 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: RikaStrom
It would be unkind
Not to say all coquettes find
Hobbes Amatory
83
posted on
12/19/2003 6:42:18 AM PST
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: tioga
do you have a camera hidden in my house??? ; ) the outfit matches my eyes.... : )
84
posted on
12/19/2003 6:43:37 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
As Benedict Arnold's wife was heard say Benedict was well hung .....
85
posted on
12/19/2003 6:44:37 AM PST
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: xsmommy
Oh, sorry, this is you?
86
posted on
12/19/2003 6:44:59 AM PST
by
tioga
To: xsmommy
You have black eyes? Talking Back again?
87
posted on
12/19/2003 6:45:13 AM PST
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: tioga
much better! THAT is truly me!
88
posted on
12/19/2003 6:46:00 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
no, my eyes are RED bc i am wearing a christmas sweater today.
89
posted on
12/19/2003 6:46:46 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1; RikaStrom
Hobbes' ego could not fit
Inside of a lecture hall
Amatory? Ha!
;) The haiku wars have begun!
90
posted on
12/19/2003 6:46:47 AM PST
by
secret garden
(And then, there are those who need a smack)
To: RikaStrom
91
posted on
12/19/2003 6:48:20 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1; xsmommy
Tiger, is this YOU?
92
posted on
12/19/2003 6:49:30 AM PST
by
tioga
To: RikaStrom
Morning, Friday morning!
The 'Rats are deeply saddened
At Dubya's poll numbers, no doubt
Let them slink into their corners
With their lower lips in a pout
And I am eternally grateful to see
How Dubya's popularity surges
When I recall on this date, X42 was
Impeached for lying about his amatory urges
93
posted on
12/19/2003 6:49:49 AM PST
by
Texan5
(You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
To: tioga
you captured the TRUE hobbes, Ti!
94
posted on
12/19/2003 6:49:57 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Texan5
Bravo T5! I think that's your best yet!
95
posted on
12/19/2003 6:50:29 AM PST
by
secret garden
(And then, there are those who need a smack)
To: xsmommy
And to think there are children starving in North Korea while the Army wastes a perfectly good dog.
96
posted on
12/19/2003 6:50:48 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(PSST...Saddam! Do ya like Metallica? You're gonna hear alot of it for the next six months.)
To: CholeraJoe
your two could serve an entire village....
97
posted on
12/19/2003 6:51:58 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Fer Sure. Lab l'orange for all.
98
posted on
12/19/2003 6:55:34 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(PSST...Saddam! Do ya like Metallica? You're gonna hear alot of it for the next six months.)
To: secret garden
Ask xs the truth
She finds me amatory'
I know you do too
LMAO!
: P
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posted on
12/19/2003 6:55:35 AM PST
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: xsmommy
Bite me.
100
posted on
12/19/2003 6:55:56 AM PST
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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