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Word For The Day, Monday, 8/5/02
The Verbivores
| 8/5/02
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Posted on 08/05/2002 6:59:50 AM PDT by 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....
minatory \MIN-uh-tor-ee\, adjective or minacious:
minatorial; adjective
minatorily or minaciously; adverb
minacity or minaciousness; noun
1. Threatening; menacing.
2. Of a menacing or threatening nature; minacious
[H]e was often observed peeping through the bars of a gate and making minatory gestures with his small forefinger while he scolded the sheep with an inarticulate burr, intended to strike terror into their astonished minds.
--George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
Etymology: Late Latin minatorius, from Latin minari to threaten . Date: 1532

TOPICS: Education; Humor; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: 8502; monday; students; wordfortheday
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To: Slip18; hobbes1; xsmommy; Argh
"I thought about you and the Tiger being a magnet to each other, then looked in google for "magnet." ....See, that's were you're workin' too hard at this job.
All I did was immediately associate xsexmommy's magnetic attraction to hobbes with small, hand-held, electrically-operated "personal" appliances ..... and, Viola!
Magical music is in the air. (Along with a minor buzzin' sound. Must be from the birds and the bees.)
See? Didn't even need a goggle-search for that. (My glasses were already clean.)
To: RikaStrom
Gooooooooooooood Morning! Monday...ick, ack, puke.
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To: Bella_Bru
Bella have you been drinking the Popsy again?
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:17:36 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Bella_Bru
Little too much to
Drink ???? haha...
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:17:42 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: hobbes1
Pinky fingers!
166
posted on
08/05/2002 10:18:28 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: hobbes1
Heh heh.......
Nah, I just hate my job. :-)
To: Slip18
A most remarkable product, don't you think?
To: Slip18
Luckily for the Diamondbacks, the Yankees had to throw the last game of the World Series in order to avoid the looming debate on revenue sharing.
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:24:42 AM PDT
by
lds23
To: hobbes1
Little too much to Drink ???? haha... And I believe the 4 drink minimum is still in order for the coquettes.
To: RikaStrom
Someone should have given this
minacious 80-year-old a Popsy!
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:25:32 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: TheGrimReaper
Yes! I knew you would like that! :-)
A++
To: Bella_Bru
Oh, yes. A very remarkable product. LOL!
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:26:18 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Bella_Bru
Sounds like Loads of fun....lol
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:27:22 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: lds23
Huh?
Watching the Diamondbacks as I write. They've beaten the Mets three out of three games in this series. We're now on the fourth game. It's now the top of the 2nd. No scores.
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posted on
08/05/2002 10:28:20 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: coteblanche; TheGrimReaper; dubyaismypresident
LOL, not to put a damper on Grim and his musings, but that particular haiku belongs to the teach. It's on the whiteboard as an example. :-)
To: Bella_Bru
Monday...ick, ack, puke. My thoughts exactly!
To: RikaStrom
Hey, I was merely expanding on teach's work.... your portion was appropriately italicized.
So.... RELAX!
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
ohmigosh, you are somethin'! don't miss a trick, do ya? ;)
To: RikaStrom; dubyaismypresident
Wish i had been home in Pittsburgh to see W sign
this.
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posted on
08/05/2002 11:02:50 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
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