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Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 3, 2004
The Verbivores
| 11/3/04
| Teacher
Posted on 11/03/2004 5:11:30 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....
schadenfreude \SHAHD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
1. A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.
If self-replicating e-commerce baby tycoons get on your nerves, it's schadenfreude time. It's true that the Nasdaq rebounded after its staggering loss Tuesday. Nonetheless, what AP described as "the most volatile day ever for U.S. stocks" left a distinctly bearish aftertaste.
--"Market Motion Sickness." The Industry Standard's Media Grok, April 5, 2000
Etymology: German, from Schaden, damage + Freude, joy. It is often capitalized, as it is in German.
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
11/03/2004 8:58:38 AM PST
by
Slip18
To: secret garden
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posted on
11/03/2004 8:58:54 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
Daschle vowed to grow at least 2 inches taller in the next race!!
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posted on
11/03/2004 8:59:00 AM PST
by
international american
(Support our troops!! Put Kerry back in his 12.6 million dollar Beacon Hill pad on Wednesday!!)
To: international american
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:00:57 AM PST
by
Gabz
(4 MORE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Argh
Howard has his good points, doesn't he?
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:01:01 AM PST
by
secret garden
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: xsmommy
YOUCH - that price is awfully steep.
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:02:43 AM PST
by
Gabz
(4 MORE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: xsmommy
That is very tempting! Too bad the kiddos are in school.
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:02:50 AM PST
by
secret garden
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: xsmommy
Ummmmm another poster pointed something out that has as of yet gone unremarked.
If you think the libs are upset now, wait until they realise that the incoming Senate ... Republicans now have enough votes to change the rules in the Senate to prevent the filibuster of Conservative Judical nominations
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:03:08 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Gabz
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:03:12 AM PST
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xsmommy
To: secret garden
they will get inauguration day off won't they?
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:03:47 AM PST
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xsmommy
To: hobbes1
that is just....delicious!
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:04:22 AM PST
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy
One wonders if that wasn't part of the decision to stick with Arleen.
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:05:42 AM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: hobbes1
who knows. but arleen must be made to toe the *ing line. if Frist doesn't do it, something needs to happen!
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:06:53 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:07:21 AM PST
by
Gabz
(4 MORE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: hobbes1
And I thought my smile couldn't GET any bigger!
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:07:26 AM PST
by
secret garden
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: xsmommy
No...we're too far outside the beltway.
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:08:05 AM PST
by
secret garden
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Gabz
really? it was that little? i bet they lost money on that then, there is NO WAY even 4 years ago that was enough for a function in a hotel in downtown DC.
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:08:52 AM PST
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xsmommy
To: secret garden
oh i never thought of that! i seriously thought everyone had it off! what an idiot i am!
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:09:21 AM PST
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy; All
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:11:28 AM PST
by
secret garden
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Slip18
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posted on
11/03/2004 9:12:28 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Ignorance, bigotry, envy, and gluttony are a few floor joists in the democratic platform.)
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