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Word For The Day, Friday, 10/4/02
The Verbivores
| 10/4/02
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Posted on 10/04/2002 5:09:33 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....
raffish \RAF-ish,or RAYF-ish\, adjective:
raffishly; adverb
raffishness; noun
1. Characterized by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity, crudeness, or rowdiness; tawdry.
2. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; rakish.
3. Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
4. Marked by smartness in dress and manners
We are told about Bacon's taste for raffish, lower-class lovers, his penchant for gambling and his almost complete disregard for money.
--Michiko Kakutani, "Portrait of a Portraitist Of a Century's Horrors," review of Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times, by Andrew Sinclair, New York Times,, December 14, 1993
[Probably from dialectal raff, rubbish, from Middle English raf, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]. Date: 1801
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Word For The Day
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To: xsmommy
Hm, there is an animal decidedly missing from that array ....
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:07:28 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: CholeraJoe
I got your name wrong, also. Is your real name "Dennis the Menance"?
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:08:10 AM PDT
by
Slip18
Menace. Menace. Menace. Mea Culpa.
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:08:45 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Slip18
" I wonder if we could somehow get Hitlary's face in there." I thought that was Hillary's face.
To: Slip18; CholeraJoe
ceej, you are awash in cakes today! tell Mrs CJ not to bother making ya one, we got it covered!
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:09:21 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
there were sheep there, what is missing? i searched google for a 'picture of a cake shaped like a sheep'....
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:10:16 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1; CholeraJoe
when i searched for a pic of a cake shaped like a goat, i just got all these arabic websites...
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:11:31 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
The giraffe is kinda cute.
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
i looked to see if i still had the pic from last year's tournament here, that had 2 of the hot hockey dads in it, but i must have deleted it ; ) There are at least 5 more than serviceable looking hockey dads on the current team.
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:14:34 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Hm.
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:14:34 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: hobbes1
hm what?
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:15:01 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: CholeraJoe
you like those tall, thin, leggy types, i can tell....; )
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:15:27 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
To: CholeraJoe
party theme is called BARNYARD BASH...
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:16:55 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy; CholeraJoe
I found this one, also. It is adorable. Happy Birthday, CJ!
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:18:23 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: xsmommy; Slip18
"Many thanks for the birthday wishes, cakes, etc." CJ said sheepishly.
To: CholeraJoe
make your own sheep...
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:20:32 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: xsmommy; CholeraJoe
Well, heck, here's a goat, but not as a cake.
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posted on
10/04/2002 7:20:57 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Slip18
And a very attractive one at that.
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