Word For The Day, Thursday, 10/3/02

The Verbivores | 10/3/02 | 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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hegemony \he-jem-o-knee\, noun:
hegemonies; plural
hegemonic; adjective
hegemonism; noun
hegemonist; adjective

USAGE NOTE
Hegemony may be stressed on either the first or second syllable, though the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable may be winning out. Seventy-two percent of the Usage Panel prefers it.

1. The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.
3. The domination of one state over its allies

This period in Greek history is called the Spartan hegemony, for although Sparta didn't rule the city -states of Greece as if it were an empire, Sparta did exercise considerable influence over the domestic and foreign decisions of these independent states: it exercised, then, hegemonic control over these states.
--The Spartan Hegemony; 404-371 BC,©1996, Richard Hooker

Etymology: Greek hEgemonia, from hEgemOn leader, from hEgeisthai to lead. Date: 1567

[CholeraJoe]

what is the rule on animal relations, do you know?

It is encouraged but not required. Mammals preferred, birds optional.

[hobbes1]

birds optional.

How Fowl.

[xsmommy]

i don't know, i think APING looks right. what hacks?

[xsmommy]

geez, you are setting me back on my heels here, theD. Heck, i didn't even have to offer you a SKITTLE!

[xsmommy]

any snow there yet? what kinda temps ya got these days?

[NeoCaveman]

now that mrs robinson thing has gotten a BIT out of hand.....; )

Just pour yourself another martini....

[xsmommy]

Looks like Tipper still has hegemony over Al's affections, thank the LORD! now that is a scary thought, bigAL on the prowl! big being the operative word these days, apparently.

[xsmommy]

coffee works just fine, stem cell, i don't require mind altering substances...; )

[EODGUY]

XS, what about pouring it through a coffee filter, if one is available at your office? That should certainly preclude even the smallest shard of glass from siphoning through.

Just a suggestion....

EODGUY

[CholeraJoe]

Some of the mountain tops have snow now. It was 39 about 6am this morning. We've had one or two frosts.

[xsmommy]

i never would have thought of that, but we don't have a coffee maker in our office. everyone buys the local swill. very kind of you to brainstorm for me, though!

[NeoCaveman]

Al Gore seemed caught by surprise when he was asked after an economic speech why he wasn't wearing his wedding ring.
"Because I've gained so much weight I couldn't get it off,"

Sounds like Al's gut has hegemony over the rest of him.....

[xsmommy]

now i like a nip in the air, but that seems a little too frosty for my pumpkins ; )

[xsmommy]

al is one of the least appetizing inviduals one could contemplate, but a porky Al is beyond the pale. oh well, he'll always have Tip.

[xsmommy]

xshub has not been able to get his wedding ring off for years. that is not necessarily a bad thing!

[xsmommy]

[gas_dr]

It is cooler down here in Florida!

Good Morning everyone...lovely day here in the deep southeast provided you are not in Louisiana...

[EODGUY]

You're very welcome, XS. My wife would forgo breathing rather than miss her morning coffee, so I understand your situation.

[xsmommy]

morning, gas. will you be affected by Lilli at all?

[NeoCaveman]

So instead the plan is to diminish US hegemony by spending zippo on defence and putting all your eggs in the UN basket. Structurally, the UN is a creature of the Cold War. It formalised the stalemate of East and West: it was designed to prevent rather than enable action; it tended towards inertia, which was no bad thing given the potentially catastrophic consequences of the alternative. But we no longer have a bipolar world, and so the vetoes only work one way — to restrain the sole surviving superpower. England’s clergy have redefined the Christian concept of a just war to mean only one blessed by the Security Council, which is to say the governments of France, Russia and China: it will be left to two atheists and a lapsed Catholic to determine whether this is a war Christians can support. Even more perplexing, The Spectator feels the same way: our editorial last week declared that ‘only UN authorisation’ could provide a justification for war.

More genious by Mark Steyn, and he used the Word for the Day. Steyn alert