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Word For The Day, Monday, 8/5/02
The Verbivores | 8/5/02 | Teacher

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
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To: xsmommy
Wait and I thought there was no difference between Bush and the Democreeps....(/third-party sarcacm)
181 posted on 08/05/2002 11:06:00 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: TheGrimReaper
T'weren't you I was talking about.
182 posted on 08/05/2002 11:06:13 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: dubyaismypresident
ya read that on FR didja?? ; )
183 posted on 08/05/2002 11:07:08 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
ya read that on FR didja?? ; )

On many a 500+ post thread...I guess it's true what they say, the libertarians have all the really good drugs.

184 posted on 08/05/2002 11:08:30 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident
There is. The speed at which the ship of state travels to its final destination in the Sea of Socialism. /3rdpartytinfoilsarcasm
185 posted on 08/05/2002 11:09:15 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: dubyaismypresident
if i see libertarians, i generally run screaming from the thread, so i miss alot that way....
186 posted on 08/05/2002 11:09:21 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: dubyaismypresident
That's liberaltarians, to you and me Rusty!
187 posted on 08/05/2002 11:09:47 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: dubyaismypresident
Standing at the wet bar, likes to get in first
That guy can sure enough make bad things look worse
I get a funny feelin' on Word for Today
This ain’t gonna be poor Dubya!'s day

So I'm singin'
Hey Dubya!, Hey Dubya!
The Gals all love ya! Hey Dubya!
Giddy Up Oom Poppa Omm Poppa Mow Mow
Giddy Up Oom Poppa Omm Poppa Mow Mow
Heigh-ho Silver, away

Tonight I'm gonna give him one of my big fat ceegars
I’m gonna set that big ole, fellow down
He's gonna jump and holler 'cause I saved the best seats for us
We're gonna watch the beer vat swim-a-thon

Now I'm a singin'
Hey Dubya!, Hey Dubya!
The Gals all love ya! Hey Dubya!
Giddy Up Oom Poppa Omm Poppa Mow Mow
Giddy Up Oom Poppa Omm Poppa Mow Mow
Heigh-ho Silver, away


188 posted on 08/05/2002 11:10:44 AM PDT by camle
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To: camle; dubyaismypresident
aw looky, dubs got a song now too!
189 posted on 08/05/2002 11:11:36 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
"if i see libertarians, i generally run screaming from the thread, so i miss alot that way....

Ya know, that kinda behavior doesn't make a lick of sense to me.

If you go running from a thread at the first sense of a librarian, how ya ever gonna get your book in their slot?

Besides, you can't gag 'em with a spoonerism, can you?

190 posted on 08/05/2002 11:13:40 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: xsmommy
I hope to get to all the regulars eventually...
191 posted on 08/05/2002 11:14:19 AM PDT by camle
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
robt have i told you lately how much i have missed you?
192 posted on 08/05/2002 11:14:22 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: camle

So when do the coquettes start doing their laps in the beer vat?

193 posted on 08/05/2002 11:16:03 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident; camle
i would offer to go first but camle won't let me go in with my bathing suit.
194 posted on 08/05/2002 11:17:09 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: dubyaismypresident
just as soon as we convince XS that we can't allow clothing (bathing suits, G-strings, etc.) in the beer vat - the dyes and stuff pollute the beer and make it unhealthy.
195 posted on 08/05/2002 11:20:14 AM PDT by camle
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To: xsmommy
t'ain't me, tis the health department. now if you can convince them it's purely for educational purposes...
196 posted on 08/05/2002 11:20:45 AM PDT by camle
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To: camle
the dyes and stuff

Guess the bathing cap is OK then ? ducking!!!!!

197 posted on 08/05/2002 11:23:27 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
now kitty.... leave us think of this as a fresh can of fancy feast...

no, caps are not allowed either.

I prefer the coquettish taste of nude bathing in the beer vat. don't you? Especially since we had the viewport installed...
198 posted on 08/05/2002 11:25:13 AM PDT by camle
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To: camle; hobbes1; christine11; xsmommy
"- the dyes and stuff pollute the beer and make it unhealthy....

That hole subject is nothong to joke about.

199 posted on 08/05/2002 11:25:48 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: hobbes1
note: coquettes everywhere may appreciate ythat I did NOT comment upon the possibility of dyes in anyone's hair!
200 posted on 08/05/2002 11:25:57 AM PDT by camle
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