Word For The Day, Thursday, 6/27/02

The Verbivores | 6/27/02 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of 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....

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fulminate \FUL-muh-nayt\, intransitive verb, transitive verb:
fulminates, fulminating; fulminated
fulmination, fulminator; noun
fulminatory; adjective

1. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
2. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
3. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures.
4. To cause to explode.
5. An explosive salt of fulminic acid, especially fulminate of mercury
They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. --De Quincey.

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare, from Latin, to strike (of lightning), from fulmin-, fulmen lightning; akin to Latin flagrare to burn. Date: 15th century.

[xsmommy]

i hesitate to ask, in front of this group, what GANGING is, but i will assume it is a typo... ; )

i am good. i am folding laundry and getting ready to take xsbrownie to the pool for a little while.

[Argh]

The Captain is 75 today. Hell, I thought he was 75 back in the 50's.

[Argh]

HEY! If youse guys had been alert, you could have bought a hockey team.

[Gabz]

Definitely a typo.

Hubby was supposed have provided me with a new keyboard on Tuesday - I am still waiting!!!!

It's too hot here to do laundry - it's too hot to do anaything.

[Argh]

Huh. Here's the first photograph ever taken. Fark was surprised it wasn't pornographic.

[RikaStrom]

(sigh) Sweet mercy, we truly are exploding from within.

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[RikaStrom]

I seriously have to wonder at the stupidity of the 9th Circuit. It just boggles the brain.

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[RikaStrom]

Oh give me a break!

[RikaStrom]

LOL, are we back to the four drink minimum again??

[Argh]

Woohoo, they've opened amazon.ca in Canaduh. I think I'll go right over and spend some money I don't have. Here you can see Der F'heather (Heather Reisman, owner of Indigo, formerly Chapters, up here) whining about it, and Montreal's Nicholas Hoare not whining about it. If you ever get to Montreal, check out the Nicholas Hoare bookstore on Greene Avenue in Westmount (not far from downtown), it's a beautiful place.

[Gabz]

The School Board president is fulminating over this travesty in a live press conference right now.

They believe saying the Pledge is a very important part of their education.............

We say it at the beginning of everyone of our Board meetings and will continue to do so.

[Argh]

Whaaat? :^)

[RikaStrom]

(sigh) I really worry about Canada sometimes.

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[Argh]

Me too.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Xsmommy wants an air-tight case too....

It would make her next appeel in court less slippery.

[habs4ever]

I agree, Nicholas Hoare is the best, there is one on Front St in downtown Tranna by the O'Keefe...oops, Hummingbird Centre...excellent bookstore and nice atmosphere too.And, if you want some colour, you can mosey across the street to the parkette where the bums congregate, or walk down the streeet to the St Lawrence Market and get some fresh killed rabbit for that braised stew for din din ;-)

[habs4ever]

Arghie, that's the goon league, where draft busts go to die ;-)Can you say Slapshot???;-)

[Argh]

Yum!

[Argh]

Anchorage, can you imagine? Sheesh! Well, better them than the Tuktoyaktuk Turkeys, I guess.

[Argh]

Good grief teach, look at this book title I found at the brand spanking new Amazon.ca:

Tradition & Innovation: Toni Morrison and the Flight Motif in Fro-American Literature

Fro-American? FRO-BLOODY-AMERICAN?? Good grief. I could see it as a word in a sentence like "Don't fro out the baby with the bath water", but this is ridiculous.