Posted on 12/30/2009 6:06:00 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".
1. rabble, riffraff *
2. proletarian
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
"I am not going to write for [the New York Weekly] -- like all other papers that pay one splendidly, it circulates among stupid people & the canaille." (Mark Twain, letter, June 1, 1867)
Did you know?
For a creature said to be mans best friend, the dog doesnt get a whole lot of respect in the English language. Something that has "gone to the dogs," for example, has gone to ruin, and the Britishism "dogs breakfast" means a confused mess of something. The word "canaille," which debuted in English in the 17th century, shows that we have no qualms about associating dogs with the lower levels of human society; it derives via French from Italian "canaglia," and ultimately from "canis," the Latin word for "dog." "Canis," of course, is also the source of "canine," meaning "of or relating to dogs or to the family to which they belong."
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)
Just an echo of John F. Kerry. :-|
(Robt’s eyebrows raise ....)
8<)
I have long suspected that all of the Martian “lines” and “waterworks” are valid images in the observers’ mind: but they are an actually (and sadly for science fiction) just artifacts of the dust storms, storm fronts, exposed mountain ranges, ice cap changes, and cloud changes on Mars.
Blurred by dist and “wanting to see artificial waterways” the observer’s mind creates straight lines and intersections from storm fronts and rubble-filled canaillines
Obozo administration= canaille.
Unfortunately, your description fits the times just fine. (The people you are describing, however, are fit to be fitted in nothing more impressive than a toilet.....)
Scroll down the thread & you can see the hippie canaille & their rituals:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417817/posts
So. When is Pitt playing Tech? ;-)
Hey I don’t know if Tech will even have a team next season... lol
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