Word For The Day, Friday, 10/4/02

The Verbivores | 10/4/02 | 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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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

[xsmommy]

have you wished your esteemed colleague a happy bday, gas? he is going through a somewhat...sheepish phase... and so all of the gifts, cakes, cookies etc, reflect that...bent....

have a cookie

[xsmommy]

you have to wonder how anyone could have heard that and listened to it w/o roaring in her face. i was shrieking aloud in my kitchen!

[xsmommy]

slip the chinese page is not showing up here.

[gas_dr]

Happy birthday CJ. I wishes you another wonderful year practice...

[gas_dr]

So nice of you to answer my question of yesterday. Typical lawyer, ignore the doctor...HMMPH

[xsmommy]

i had no clue, gas. but there was something in the WSJ today on that subject, i will look for it for you.

[xsmommy]

here it is

here. i don't know that anyone can claim to have any special insights on the likelihood of whether they will take it or not. It should be heard, that is pretty clear, but i have no clue as to whether they will or not.

[hobbes1]

I hope they at least make the Cert/No Cert call quickly. Thge friggin suspense is killing me.

[xsmommy]

well they do delight in torturing you, i know that....so they may hold off for awhile yet. just to ramp it up some. ;)

[xsmommy]

this is akin to my telling xsteen that there is a nationwide conspiracy to drive me insane, by having people, in concert, get in my way and annoy me. They are all in it it together.

there is a similar move afoot to drive YOU insane, and it centers around the NJ senate race, and the NJSup ct. the NJ Dem party and the USSC are all in cahoots. deal with it.

[hobbes1]

by having people, in concert, get in my way and annoy me. They are all in it it together.

Oh no, their NJ counterparts do the same to me as well.

[xsmommy]

it truly is hell being the object of a conspiracy, don't you think?

[xsmommy]

and ya know what? if i had to guess, i would say the libertarians are behind it all.....

[hobbes1]

Well, it is a well established fact that dope smokers tend to drive slowly.

[xsmommy]

their communication system is pretty amazing though, considering they have, in effect, set up a rolling roadblock situation on my normal path in NoVA.

[hobbes1]

Why do you think every A$$hole in front of you has a Cell Phone in their hand?

7:30 Am on your way to church, they are definitely NOT talking to their Broker.

[doubled]

The whole dem party seems raffish
And George points out how they crayfish.
Sidling from the law
As blatant as I saw.
It's good revenge is best a cold dish.

[hobbes1]

I honestly pray that Rehnquist et al. read NRO

I am in the mood for some jurisprudential Smackdown.

[Bella_Bru]

Hey now....did you pick today's word whilst thinking of me?

It's casual Friday! Yay!!!

[xsmommy]

Torricelli is not dead (being terminally ill, politically, does not count). He is not incapacitated (being ethically challenged does not count). He is not in jail (with his contributor David Chang, one of seven people who pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to Torricelli). Were he any of those three there might be grounds for waiving the 51-day limit. But poll results that sadden Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle are not grounds.

my fave part! you know what i miss. i miss jim traficant being able to speak to this!