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Word For The Day, Friday, 10/18/02
The Verbivores | 10/18/02 | Teacher

Posted on 10/18/2002 4:53:56 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....


vulgar \vul-ger\, adjective:
vulgarly; adverb
vulgarness; noun
vulgarity;
vulgate; noun (Bonus Information!)

  1. Crudely indecent.
  2. Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement.
    1. Marked by a lack of good breeding; boorish. See Synonyms at common.
    2. Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious: the huge vulgar houses and cars of the newly rich.
  3. Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular: the technical and vulgar names for an animal species.
  4. Of or associated with the great masses of people; common.
  5. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
  6. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar
--Shakespeare, Hamlet. Act 1, Scene 3

Word History: The word vulgar now brings to mind off-color jokes and offensive epithets, but it once had more neutral meanings. Vulgar is an example of pejoration, the process by which a word develops negative meanings over time. The ancestor of vulgar, the Latin word vulg ris (from vulgus, “the common people”), meant “of or belonging to the common people, everyday,” as well as “belonging to or associated with the lower orders.” Vulg ris also meant “ordinary,” “common (of vocabulary, for example),” and “shared by all.” An extension of this meaning was “sexually promiscuous,” a sense that could have led to the English sense of “indecent.” Our word, first recorded in a work composed in 1391, entered English during the Middle English period, and in Middle English and later English we find not only the senses of the Latin word mentioned above but also related senses. What is common may be seen as debased, and in the 17th century we begin to find instances of vulgar that make explicit what had been implicit. Vulgar then came to mean “deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement.” From such uses vulgar has continued to go downhill, and at present “crudely indecent” is among the commonest senses of the word.

Note: The Vulgate was made by Jerome at the close of the 4th century. The Old Testament he translated mostly from the Hebrew and Chaldaic, and the New Testament he revised from an older Latin version. The Douay version, so called, is an English translation from the Vulgate.
As an interesting side note, the original Bibles with their Latin words were not understood by the layman, so images in the margins were drawn depicting what the words meant. These marginalia (notes/drawings in the margin) were usually …. Um… ehrrr.. graphic in their explanations of certain sins and wrong doings. That is also where the meaning of vulgar stems from.

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, common people. Date: 14th century



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To: RikaStrom
Ciao!
41 posted on 10/18/2002 5:45:07 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: anniegetyourgun
"(And if any hosts listed AREN'T hard-hitting liberals, let us know, and we'll take 'em off the list)"

Talk about stupid . . .

42 posted on 10/18/2002 5:45:08 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: RikaStrom
Ven my old Jewish grandmother visited the Great Vall of China, she got to the other side through a vulgate.
43 posted on 10/18/2002 5:46:12 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: RikaStrom
The queen of the new Vulgarians..
44 posted on 10/18/2002 5:50:19 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
That was cool, Tiger. It also showed the Drudge/Streisand Irianian dictator story. LOL!
45 posted on 10/18/2002 5:58:41 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: Slip18
biting someone to death is probably pretty vulgar, wouldn't you say, slip?
46 posted on 10/18/2002 6:04:11 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: anniegetyourgun
Hope this helps.

Rush Limbaugh Radio Stations

Sean Hannity Radio Stations

G. Gordon, Michael Medved, and Michael Savage don't seem to have station lists available.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

47 posted on 10/18/2002 6:21:44 AM PDT by LonePalm
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To: RikaStrom
Vulgarity, thy name is Senator.


[B!tch]

48 posted on 10/18/2002 6:50:44 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper
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To: TheGrimReaper
here's something to brighten your day, grimmy....


49 posted on 10/18/2002 7:01:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
That's a guaranteed de-ossifier... perhaps a permanent de-ossifier!!
50 posted on 10/18/2002 7:03:39 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper
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To: TheGrimReaper
certainly has got that halloweenish feel to it....
51 posted on 10/18/2002 7:07:26 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Hollow weenie?
52 posted on 10/18/2002 7:09:02 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper
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To: TheGrimReaper
Not if you have the pinky drink ....
53 posted on 10/18/2002 7:10:27 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
So, have you tested the pinky drink yourself?
And, BTW, where IS everybody?
54 posted on 10/18/2002 7:16:31 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper
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To: TheGrimReaper
i have no idea where everyone is. and why aren't you edifying young minds today in math class?

pinky drink, me? don't need it.

55 posted on 10/18/2002 7:17:54 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
As a general rule, I don't "do" Fridays.
56 posted on 10/18/2002 7:22:41 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper
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To: xsmommy
The discovery has given fresh momentum to plans for the commercial production of a female version of the drug - nicknamed "pink Viagra" - which could help millions of women who suffer from sexual frustration. The latest study tested 202 women with "female sexual arousal disorder", or an inability to enjoy sex. . Increased satisfaction was reported by 42 per cent, A number of women reported their orgasms improved significantly.

The Drug, more commonly known as "Essence of Hobbes"....

57 posted on 10/18/2002 7:24:23 AM PDT by hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
You are, indeed, a legend in your own mind.
58 posted on 10/18/2002 7:26:50 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper
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To: hobbes1

59 posted on 10/18/2002 7:27:46 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
I have risen, I am shiny, I am prepared to face the day.

Then I heard FOX say the name Clinton and life seemed greyer. On the other hand, the term President Bush certainly throws sunlight into the mix.

60 posted on 10/18/2002 7:28:29 AM PDT by theDentist
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