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Word For The Day, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - zany
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Word of the Day ^ | 12/31/2008 | The Janitor

Posted on 12/31/2008 6:57:50 AM PST 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".

zany • \ZAY-nee\ • noun
1. a subordinate clown or acrobat in old comedies who mimics ludicrously the tricks of the principal
2. one who acts the buffoon to amuse others
3. a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person *

* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence:

My brother's friends are an unpredictable bunch of zanies.

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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)


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To: tioga

Hopefully you are not subjected to the tropical storm winds we have here.............sheesh, everything is blowin’!


21 posted on 12/31/2008 7:22:45 AM PST by Gabz (Merry Christmas)
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To: VRWCmember
Reading the definition of the word, I am reminded of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas - 'Am I some kind of zany to you? A clown for your amusement?'
And here I thought it was a mere adjective.
22 posted on 12/31/2008 7:22:58 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Gabz

nope, the winds they are a blowin’........I can see the snow whip up and blow around.....lots of drifts.


23 posted on 12/31/2008 7:35:01 AM PST by tioga (Rejoice, our Savior is born.)
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To: VRWCmember

I couldn’t post a link because it is loaded with bad language. A funny scene, but pretty coarse.


24 posted on 12/31/2008 7:35:38 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Rapunzel

LOL........excellent catch.

A+++


25 posted on 12/31/2008 7:36:42 AM PST by tioga (Rejoice, our Savior is born.)
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To: VRWCmember
With four children the zaniness around here is endless.
26 posted on 12/31/2008 7:38:32 AM PST by DYngbld (Aspire to inspire before you expire)
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To: tioga

We’ve been rearranging and moving outside stuff, as if it were a summer tropical storm warning -—we don’t have any snow to anchor anything down!!!!


27 posted on 12/31/2008 7:52:13 AM PST by Gabz (Merry Christmas)
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To: VRWCmember

Rod Blagojevich, Illinois zany
As corrupt as a monsoon is rainy
Picked a senator for us
(No, it’s not Plaxico) Burris
This guy is loaded with chutzpah now, ain’t he?


28 posted on 12/31/2008 8:00:23 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: tioga; VRWCmember; NeoCaveman
Alrightie --- I would like to know what NC zany ordered THIS travesty?
29 posted on 12/31/2008 8:01:16 AM PST by Gabz (Merry Christmas)
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To: Gabz
seized at least 300 gallons of mash Tuesday and smashed the still that made it.

Now that is an atrocity.

30 posted on 12/31/2008 8:10:06 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Why did the GOP have to go and run Wilford Brimley against Will Smith?)
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To: VRWCmember
Wrongest, zaniest, lame brain idea not blantently Democratic...


31 posted on 12/31/2008 8:14:53 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: VRWCmember
You'll see many a zany on TV tonight in places like CA, AZ, NY Times Square, as midnight rolls around...
32 posted on 12/31/2008 8:15:23 AM PST by mikrofon (Happy New Year 2009!)
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To: NeoCaveman

I thought you would agree!

Happy New Year


33 posted on 12/31/2008 8:20:23 AM PST by Gabz (Merry Christmas)
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To: VRWCmember

34 posted on 12/31/2008 8:24:09 AM PST by JoeProBono (Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
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To: VRWCmember

Ludacris is hosting an Urban Ball in honor of the coronation of the first foreign born President of the United States, so if Ludacris acts ludicrous is that zany?


35 posted on 12/31/2008 8:24:49 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Computer says No..... Carole Beer)
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To: VRWCmember

If the zany voters of Minnesota want a zany guy like Al Franken to represent them....then screw ‘em.


36 posted on 12/31/2008 10:10:36 AM PST by Texas Eagle (Who'll save the world from those who think only they can save it?. -- Ashleigh Brilliant)
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To: VRWCmember

The most zany way to end my year is this way: with vertigo. Struck me at 3:20 am. waited until 5:30 to drive to hospital. Valium and some anti-nausea meds helped for a while. But the word, she be spinning again. And all I’m doing is sitting still...


37 posted on 12/31/2008 10:24:09 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: VRWCmember

Well, she’s was going to be the second ordained princess (er, Senator) of zaNY after St Hillary, but somehow, when she opened her mouth in public , er, well, you know, that is, well, er, uhm, you know .... nothing came out.


38 posted on 12/31/2008 10:49:41 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: theDentist

poor baby! get better soon


39 posted on 12/31/2008 10:50:28 AM PST by tioga (Rejoice, our Savior is born.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

BITE your tongue......I do NOT want the little pampered wrinkly princess as my senator.


40 posted on 12/31/2008 10:51:54 AM PST by tioga (Rejoice, our Savior is born.)
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