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Word For The Day, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - deus ex machina
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| 04/18/2007
| The Janitor
Posted on 04/18/2007 5:55:29 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".
deus ex machina \DAY-us-eks-MAH-kih-nuh\ noun
a person or thing (as in fiction or drama) that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty
Example sentence:
Only a deus ex machina could resolve the novel's thorny crisis.
Did you know?
The New Latin term "deus ex machina" is a translation of a Greek phrase and means literally "a god from a machine." "Machine," in this case, refers to the crane that held a god over the stage in ancient Greek and Roman drama. The practice of introducing a god at the end of a play to unravel and resolve the plot dates from at least the 5th century B.C.; Euripides (circa 484-406 B.C.) was one playwright who made frequent use of the device. Since the late 1600s, "deus ex machina" has been applied in English to unlikely saviors and improbable events that bring order out of chaos in sudden and surprising ways.
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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)
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Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!
Here is my example with WFTD.
Dennis Kucinich appears out of nowhere, like a deus ex machina, with articles of impeachment for VP Cheney.
Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney

Look, I've prepared articles of impeachment. Aren't they pretty?
No pushing at the door please!
Happy Humpday Everybody!
To: Free Silly, you bastards!; Silly; NeoCaveman; xsmommy; Slip18; hobbes1; Argh; TheGrimReaper; ...
Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.
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posted on
04/18/2007 5:55:59 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: Gabz; doubled; HairOfTheDog; Robert A. Cook, PE; maxwell; TruthShallSetYouFree; ...
Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.
3
posted on
04/18/2007 5:56:10 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: VRWCmember; Eala; LonePalm; MeeknMing; TxBec; Cyber Liberty; Dan from Michigan; EODGUY; pankot; ...
Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.
4
posted on
04/18/2007 5:56:24 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: camle; gas_dr; christine; Just another Joe; DainBramage; lds23; TexasNative2000; kassie; P.O.E.; ...
Get to class, you slackers! I've opened a new classroom, but Miss Rika has the gradebook. So if you're looking for a grade you'll have to ping her. Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead. My secret for getting extra plusses on my A+ from xs will remain a secret between me and her, so you're on your own if you want her to review your work.
5
posted on
04/18/2007 5:56:38 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: VRWCmember
6
posted on
04/18/2007 5:57:23 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
To: VRWCmember
Wow, so this is what morning feels like.....
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Gabz
Good morning lovely ladies.
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posted on
04/18/2007 5:59:30 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: VRWCmember; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
My, my, my — such flattery so early in the day!!!!!
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:00:49 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz57 and french-fried potatoes)
To: VRWCmember
This word sounds like something from a horror show.... “Dey is ex mexicans - now dey is legal and can get on public assistance”
To: VRWCmember
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:02:39 AM PDT
by
TheRobb7
(Liberalism exists to silence people who don't agree.)
To: VRWCmember
Correcting: Dennis Kucinich appears out of nowhere, like a deus diabolus ex machina, with articles of impeachment for VP Cheney.
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:05:47 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
To: VRWCmember
deus ex machina The original, working title of the hit TV show "24."
13
posted on
04/18/2007 6:06:49 AM PDT
by
SoothingDave
(Eugene Gurkin was a janitor, cleaning toilets for The Man)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:07:20 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: TheRobb7
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:08:49 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: SoothingDave
The plot lines and dilemmas are certainly not solved by the investigative skills of the CTU team, that’s for sure.
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:10:00 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
To: VRWCmember
deus ex machina? the dems have a boatload of those. they just don’t make sense.
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:11:25 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: VRWCmember
Love the Dobby as Kucinich pic! LOL!
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:17:06 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(Free Stan Shunpike!)
To: VRWCmember; Mia T
The G.O.P. needs a deus ex machina to appear before the Party schism becomes permanent and the deus ex Marxina finds herself sitting behind the Oval Office desk.
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:20:45 AM PDT
by
jla
To: CholeraJoe
Thanks. It just seemed like the character captures Kucinich’s persona better than any caricature ever could.
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posted on
04/18/2007 6:23:31 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
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