Posted on 09/21/2005 6:39:56 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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".
coquetry \KOH-kuh-tree\ noun
a flirtatious act or attitude
Example sentence:
In a not-so-subtle act of coquetry, Nancy smiled flirtatiously and winked at Scott as she walked past him.
Did you know?
The rooster's cocky attitude has given him a reputation for arrogance and promiscuity. It has also given English several terms for people whose behavior is reminiscent of that strutting barnyard fowl. The noun "coquet" comes from French, where it is a diminutive of "coq," the French word for rooster. Originally, in the 1600s, English speakers used "coquet" to describe men who indulged in trifling flirtations. Today "coquet" can refer to male or female flirts (though "coquette," the French feminine form, is more commonly used for flirtatious women), and "coquetry" can refer to flirtation by men or women.
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....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Mrs. Clinton, devoid of all coquetry
Humorless, lacking in joketry
No surprise that ole' Billy
Went outside with lil' Willy
Sex with Hillary? I'd rather poke a tree
Dang it, I hate sharing Dubya with another woman.......... ;^)
are you saying you prefer to be the meat in a cocquette sandwich between two croq buns?
You made it over here from the Hurricane Thread? My friends in Houston are leaving today.
You know there is enough of me to go around ;^)
Late
BTW, should we beat the rush and just go ahead and start blaming George W. Bush NOW for the storm?
Did you get my FReepmail from last night?
Coquetree?
(Is that where Miss Sea has been hanging out?)
Or is she lookin' forward to her cochristmasquetree with MissBehave?
Xena checks her tiara, her coquestree in the wilds of Virginia for her presentation today, and looks forward to her co-christmastree this december with her new hubby.
OMG!!!!!! It looked like a Model convention. Mrs.Hobbes had told me that when she went to register them before school actually started, but I thought she was exaggerating.....
Wolf, has an older woman, and one of the K teachers looks like Bette Midler, but aside from a couple of tokens every teacher was between Good Looking, and Smoking Hot.....The third Grade teachers were sitting in front of us, and before they were introduced I thought they were aides from the High School...Not a skank in the bunch...
When I watch Fox News
I think of coqeutry
('specially Laurie Dhue's
and Kirin Chetry)
Full Disclosure: Real Gentlemen prefer The Weather Channel's Stephanie Abrams.
Cheers!
Coquetry? Why Mr. VRWCmember, (looking up through my lashes and batting them), whatever do you mean? (Looking over shoulder and giving VRWC a slight smile.)
I don't know how this can pertain to politics (smiling to self).
With coquetry she danced across the Keys,
this Rita, lovely, I suspect, in those who appreciate these things,
but no meter maid, she,
Coming into the gulf suits her, it seems.
See how she spins to the dance of wind and sky,
her skirts, cloud white, spinning wider and wider.
See her skirt and flirt,
Will she pick Houston for her partner,
or Corpus?
We will have to see how the dance plays out -
but when she comes streaming into the arms
of whoever the winner will be,
she will show how much a lady
she is not.
(I have family in harm's way of this storm. My brother and wife, two nieces, a nephew by marriage and a grand niece and nephew. Lots of cousins. It matters very much to me what happens.)
OMG!!!!!!!! The list, where is my list? Where did I put the wrapping paper, the ornaments, oh dear, got to get organized! I running late, only 95 more days! Won't panic, I promise I won't panic - 95 more days!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Lovely poem
Torrid subject!
I initially thought I would wait it out, but now I am thinking that I am going to head out probably Friday morning. I can take Veterans Memorial north and then cut west somewhere along the way.
You are not getting a break from fretting over these thigs, are you?
Prayers for all in the path.
My best friend in Houston had to run to Crytal Beach to secure their beach house. Judy said that she is terrified especially since the storm has gotten so big so fast.
Head to Slippy's.
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