Word For The Day, Thursday 11/07/02

The Verbivores | 11/07/02

[Bella_Bru]

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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trammel\TRAM-uhl, noun:

1.A kind of net for catching birds, fish, etc.
2. A kind of shackle used for making a horse amble.
3. Something that impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
4. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
5. An instrument for drawing ellipses.
6. An instrument for aligning or adjusting parts of a machine.

As a transitive verb:
1. To entangle, as in a net; to enmesh.
2. To hamper; to hinder the activity, progress, or freedom of.

Etymology: Trammel is from Old French tramail, from Late Latin tremaculum, a kind of net for catching fish, from Latin tres, "three" + macula, "a mesh."

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

[Cyber Liberty]

Heck, I don't care. Only family here at work are a keyboard and CRT....

[xsmommy]

Joe and truthy were drooling over britney on the other thread....; )

[Cyber Liberty]

What's the status? Are those guys still at it?

[Slip18]

I'm sure Cyber will be over there lickity split. LOL!

[Bella_Bru]

Effective immediately, no more "special Friday words", no more innuendo, etc., because apparently the thread police are out in full force.

[Bella_Bru]

Well, ok then.

[Cyber Liberty]

Lighten up.

[xsmommy]

lickity

probably not the best choice of words, slippy!

[Slip18]

Yes. They've just put in the mud between the tiles in the hallway. They're also working in the kitchen. The appliances are still in the living room.

Side o'Beef is asleep on the floor next to me . . .

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm still a bit worried about the split part....

[Slip18]

Ooooooops! LOL!

[Slip18]

You two are bad this morning! That's an old expression.

Kind of like fartiebobostinka, Cyber.

[xsmommy]

please, let's not delve too deeply into the familial lexicon of the cyberhousehold.....; )

[Cyber Liberty]

Sometimes she does that. Trots out our lexicon for the whole world to see.

[Slip18]

My dad would forget our names sometimes. 11 offspring you know. So he would call us funny names. That was one of them.

[Bella_Bru]

11????

[Slip18]

Same parents. I have five brothers and five sisters.

[Slip18]

My mom and dad practiced birth control, but it didn't work. The dime kept falling between my mom's knees.

OR

They practiced rhythm, but had too much of it.

[TheGrimReaper]

Utterly trammeled by their own fanatic liberal ideology, House Dims continue on their happy road to self-annihilation!

[hobbes1]

Yup. Lurching to the Left......Yet, still no Minorities in a Leadership position.