Posted on 01/21/2009 6:25:43 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".
palatable • \PAL-uh-tuh-bul\ • adjective
1. agreeable to the palate or taste *
2. agreeable or acceptable to the mind
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
When I asked Griffin for his opinion of the restaurant he said, "The food was bland and unimaginative, but at least the wine was palatable."
Did you know?
"Palatable" comes from "palate," a Latin-derived word for the roof of the mouth. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking." "Palatable" has been used in English to refer to palate-pleasing foods since 1664, but it isn't our only -- or our oldest -- adjective for agreeable tastes. "Savory" dates from the 13th century. "Toothsome" has been around since 1551. "Tasty" was first used back in 1603. And "appetizing" has been gracing culinary reviews since 1653.
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 find the Obamagasm by the press to be less than palatable.
I heard that David Rodham Gergan panned the speech too.
The burgeoning stench of death is palatable around the
world, as America’s new president is poised to sign,
as one of his first orders of business, an executive order
funding international abortions.
The burgeoning stench of death is palatable around the
world, as America’s new president is poised to sign,
as one of his first orders of business, an executive order
funding international abortions.
Paletteable.
A good barley-and-hops beverage is eminently palatable; the so-called granite-worthy speech from yesterday was not...
The really short version rhymes with bucket.
The political porridge being served is not palatable!
LOL, spell check takes care of accuracy, not precision.
The current administration is not palatable.
In place...with bright shiny face! LOL
“0bama’s golden-tongued soliliquy attempts to make socialism more palatable to the masses”.
LOLOL!!! Excellent!
Please believe I had no intention of being disrespectful to Jesus or any religion, or sacrilegious in any manner. I don’t listen to Kathy Griffin, and had no idea that she had said that. I had to google it.
I was referring to a different vulgar epithet sometimes muttered when people are forced to accept something that they cannot change.
I retract that post with apologies to anyone who was offended.
ROTFLMAO!!!
perfect comparison, just perfect.
GAH! I was wondering how many days we had left of this media lovefest (any other description I can think of would get me banned).
Obamagasm
I’m always on the lookout for new words, and that’s a keeper!
Holy Crap!
xs..is there a Skanks ‘R Us in the DC area?
Nor did I
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