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WORD FOR THE DAY: ABIOSIS
2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words
| 1/11/17
| Norman Schur
Posted on 01/11/2017 4:25:10 AM PST by Louis Foxwell
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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".
ABIOSIS [ab ee OH sis, ay bye-]
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noun Abiosis Is the absence of life; the related adjective abiotic describes any state or condition marked by absence of life.
The moon is said to be abiotic.
Abiosis is formed from the Greek prefix a- (the "alpha privative", indicating negation, as in apolitical, asymetrical, asexual) plus bio- (the Greek prefix meaning "life," as in biography, biology -- bios is the Greek word for life) plus -sis (the Greek suffix used to form nouns denoting state or condition, as in paralysis, perstalsis, stasis).
The condition of Pompeii and Herculaneum after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was one of complete destruction of life resulting in abiosis.
The Walking Dead, a condition brought on by the utter failure of Progressive politics has left its followers in a zombie-like state of abiosis.
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To: Louis Foxwell; xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
I am finally getting around to the beginning of the alphabet. Here is a word with lots of cache in today’s political environment. Enjoy.
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posted on
01/11/2017 4:27:30 AM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
To: Louis Foxwell
There is a perfect abiosis inside Obama’s head.
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posted on
01/11/2017 4:27:51 AM PST
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: Louis Foxwell
America is finally emerging after 8 years of abiosis.
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posted on
01/11/2017 4:41:21 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(obozo: not just the worst president in American history - worst *American* in American history (turf)
To: Louis Foxwell
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posted on
01/11/2017 4:42:50 AM PST
by
Hugin
(Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
To: Louis Foxwell
I have a sister. We have the same parents. She’s abiosis.
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posted on
01/11/2017 5:16:44 AM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: King Moonracer
I need a new idea before I can post. My first plan would come across as plagiarizing.
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posted on
01/11/2017 6:08:33 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: lefty-lie-spy
A bios is a set of computer instructions in firmware that control input/output operations, and until biocomputing overcomes the remaining hurtles, those instructions are going to remain abiosis.
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posted on
01/11/2017 6:12:19 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: Louis Foxwell
Abiosis the Democrats are
Obama is their fading star
8 years of a living hell
but we’ve broken the spell
Trump will be much better by far.
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posted on
01/11/2017 6:37:55 AM PST
by
tioga
To: Louis Foxwell
Once there was a man who named all
His daughters “Abby”,it was later
Determined he had a case of
Abiosis.
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posted on
01/11/2017 6:42:24 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Pollster1
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posted on
01/11/2017 7:05:56 AM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: Louis Foxwell
The dems, in complete abiosis
Needing treatment from their mass psychosis
They just never think
That their policies stink
Worse than the worst halitosis
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posted on
01/11/2017 7:16:00 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(If Hillary's last name were anything but Clinton, she'd already be behind bars.)
To: Louis Foxwell
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posted on
01/11/2017 7:27:38 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: lefty-lie-spy
As a true nerd, I thank you.
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posted on
01/11/2017 7:54:01 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: Louis Foxwell
Abby-o-sis
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posted on
01/11/2017 7:58:00 AM PST
by
Daffynition
( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
To: Daffynition
ABINORMAL
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posted on
01/11/2017 7:59:40 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/11/2017 8:09:32 AM PST
by
Daffynition
( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
To: Louis Foxwell
Interesting, that “Abortion” and “Abiosis” are probably on the same page of the dictionary.
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posted on
01/11/2017 8:58:29 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Louis Foxwell
Abiosis of Oboma would repeat all of the lies that his fawning ABCNNBCBS press corpse repeats now about him ...
But a true report? May never get published.
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posted on
01/11/2017 9:37:44 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Hugin
More not alive than dead.
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posted on
01/11/2017 9:50:34 AM PST
by
Louis Foxwell
(The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
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