Posted on 04/16/2008 4:17:50 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".
semelparous • \seh-MEL-puh-rus\ • adjective
reproducing or breeding only once in a lifetime
Example sentence:
Each year the semelparous salmon return to the stream where they hatched to spawn, and they die soon thereafter.
Did you know?
The combining form "-parous" was first used in English by the 17th-century physician and writer Sir Thomas Browne, who wrote about organisms that were "multiparous" ("producing more than one at a birth"), "oviparous" ("producing eggs that develop outside the maternal body"), and "viviparous" ("producing living young instead of eggs from within the body"). The suffix is based on the Latin verb "parere," meaning "to give birth to," which is also a relative of the word that gave us "parent." "Semelparous," the youngest offspring of "-parous," was born in 1954. Its other parent is "semel," the Latin word for "once."
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)
I’ve only got one thing to say about last night’s Pens game:
Ruuuuuutuuuuuuu!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_iris
Donnie Iris (born February 28, 1943) is an American rock musician known for his work with The Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s, and for his solo albums during the 1980s. He was responsible for writing the #2 Billboard hit “The Rapper”, with the Jaggerz, and was a member of Wild Cherry after they experienced a #1 hit with “Play That Funky Music”. After going on to release five solo albums in the 1980s accompanied with many charting singles, Iris continues to release new material and tour in the Ohio River Valley area, and he maintains a loyal fan base, especially in Pittsburgh.
wow, i didn't know that! i LOVED that song.
Wild Cherry’s keyboardist, Mark Avsec, was Iris’ chief writing partner for the songs you know and love from the 80s.
I saw them live in B’ham when I was a freshman at BCMS!
could you even write a song today saying play that funky music WHITE BOY? one of the best dance songs ever, which is why it is included in the Dance Dance Revolution video dance game that xsbrownie has.
Or have a band named the “Average White Band?” Yet another favorite of mine from the 70’s.
When I become President I'm going to settle all disputes with a dance off. You're going to be Vice President, so work on your moves
Yes.
(e.g. they made a movie called “White Men Can’t Jump.” Imagine “Black Men Can’t Swim.”)
i LOVE AWB. cut the cake!
And everyone at the dance school LOVED it and wanted to know where you got it!
We need a link for your fave song. I don’t think I know it.
Now I’ve heard it for the very first time.
really, you had never heard it? the entire album is good. they were just a great band.
You are so full of knowledge, SD! I figured he must have been from PA.
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