Word For the Day

Friday, November 1, 2002 | The Verbivores

[xsmommy]

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felicitate verb
Pronunciation: 'fi-lis-a-tate

Latin felicitatus Date: 1605

1. : to make happy

felicitious: adjective, very well suited or expressed

felicity: noun;  the quality or state of being happy

felicific: adjective; causing or intending to cause happiness

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Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD:

 

The Democrat fiasco in Minnesota at the Wellstone Memorial has been dissected and commented upon ad infinitum by various and sundry pundits and talking heads, but one of the most touching and felicitous is the piece today by Peggy Noonan. As is her wont, she takes it to the deep gut, personal level, a level upon which all can relate. Here she writes in the voice of Paul Wellstone, from the great beyond.

Let me tell you, when I watched the memorial and how you acted, I wasn't alone. Jack Kennedy was here, and you're not going to like this, but he said what he said the day Nixon had his meltdown in '62. He looked at you and said, "No class."

John Adams is here too. He turned away from you in disgust. "Faction!" is what he said. It was no compliment .

[xsmommy]

robt. you know. i don't know how miss rika deals with you. you must spend some serious time in the principal's office! no grade for the lewd submission. ; )

[Slip18]

I found these in the

You better be a good boy today, Cook!

[Sword_of_Gideon]

Well, I've got to sign off for now.... I've got a bunch of work to do here so that I can get out of the office a little early today. I'll try to stop in around lunchtime if I can... bye.

[Slip18]

Have a great day, SoG!

[xsmommy]

see ya, SG,have a good day.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Perhaps I could felicitate a meeting between you and Columbia House to arrive at a reasonable negotiated settlement.

Sure! Your facility or mine?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

the team mom filled a pinata and they hung it from the goalpost and all took turns hitting slapshots at it. that was his halloween!

Halloween? That was Mike Richter.

[xsmommy]

even xskids know to aim for mike richter!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

that you were not working to your potential so i held out for your best work.

That's what Mrs. Truth always says. She's been holding out for twelve years.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

i think that saying that women tend to be felicific when ovulating is a bunch of crap, don't you?

Well, once, when I actually was doing my best work, I got a standing ovulation. She seemed pretty felicific at the time.

[lds23]

Well writing a word like "felicitate" up on the board in front of this crowd was sure to generate snickers.

"Heh, heh, she said "felicitate"

Heh, heh, he said "knickers"

[xsmommy]

hey, it's friday and i thought that FELICITATE was an apropos word! not my fault the class is full of pervs and malapropistic malapervs!!

[katze]

There was way too much felicitatin' going on at the Wellstone party. The Dems should show some respect for even a dead Liberal.

[Slip18]

Tom Terrific! The first felicific fellow . . .

[xsmommy]

A+, it was beyond the pale and anyone with a smidge of class knows it. only the disgusting trolls like Jennifer Palmieri, DNC spokesperson, refuse to admit it.

[hobbes1]

hey, it's friday and i thought that FELICITATE was an apropos word! not my fault the class is full of pervs and malapropistic malapervs!!

Speaking of which I saw this on a Milk carton this A.M.

Has anyone seen this one_particular_malaperv

[Hegewisch Dupa]

I'm sure having an excuse will feliciate the guilty,
but the real problem lay with whats going on outside the jeans.

[xsmommy]

A+ for that blast from the past, slippy. unlike miss rika, i will give credit for OLD NEWS not just current events. but not just for a pic, like truthy tried to sleaze by with, earlier. i have rigid but not unreasonable requirements....

[xsmommy]

um, no, i can't say i have...thank the LORD! ; )

[hobbes1]

If oyu are referring to her appearence on the H&C pgm the other nite, the only thing worse was the fact that Mindy "I cant help but speak like a dimwited valley girl" Tucker was unable to muster anything substantive, beyond emoting about how horrible it all was.