Word For The Day, Tuesday 11/12/02

The Verbivores | 11/12/02 | Mistress Bella

[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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enervate \EN-ur-vayt\, verb:

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to impair the moral powers of.

Etymology: Enervate is from Latin enervatus, from enervo, enervare, to to remove the sinews from, hence to weaken, from e-, ex-, from + nervus , sinew.

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Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

[xsmommy]

that makes sense. i had not thought of that. Latin American studies is the true love of my life. In changing my major from premed freshman year, not only was i considering that Cs were not going to get me into Med school, but also that i would no longer have time for Spanish and LA studies as electives. it was my goal to get a job in the field of LA studies but that just never worked out.

[xsmommy]

oh now THIS is just hunky dory! i love to hear this kind of crap in my neck of the woods....

[TheGrimReaper]

Nao pode fallar Portuguese?

I found Portuguese interesting, but a tough language to grasp. You can get by with Spanish, but it is still different enough to leave you in a pinch with many of the Portuguese-only speakers. That was my experience, anyway.

BTW, lots of Japanese in Peru, too. Their last president was Alberto Fujimora.

[xsmommy]

i followed the Fujimora saga last year.

looks from the thread that they got whoever was attempting shenanigans with the truck.

[CholeraJoe]

If it's a wacko you can bet there's a Montana connection. They caught a bomber from Maryland here over the weekend.

[xsmommy]

its that big wacko magnet you have in them thar hills out there in MT! all your wacko belong to MT!

[CholeraJoe]

All your Wackos Belong to Us

[TheGrimReaper]

All the nuts are crawling out of the woodwork, it seems.
We already had enough wackos with Hollywood liberals.

[CholeraJoe]

All Your Wackos Belong to Us.

[xsmommy]

now that's your babe,right there!; )

[xsmommy]

MT has an inordinate supply of them, and they like to export them too!

[hobbes1]

Speaking of Wackos, what ever happened to the Broad that Cried Rape?

[CholeraJoe]

She had been beaten in the Primary for re-election. She'll be totally out in January. The TRO against the Blue Angel was lifted and everything just quieted down.

The homeschool murdering mama case has quieted down too. I guess she was really crazy.

[hobbes1]

The TRO against the Blue Angel was lifted and everything just quieted down.

After the poor guy was smeared with a rape accusation.

[CholeraJoe]

And bounced out of the Blue Angels.

[TheGrimReaper]

On a tangent issue....
Where's Tawanna Brawley?? Did "Reverend" Al Sharpton ever pay the $60,000 fine assessed by the court?

[hobbes1]

Oh c'mon, you know the Rev. Al has no Money.

[xsmommy]

MT, always in the news for something. Some states you never hear BOO from, not MT< they like to be front and center!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ah yes. ...

Competed in slide rules back in high in Texas. Was pretty good in the novice (first year) division (couple wins, always placed high) - but was only getting 3rd, 4th, 5th at the vetern levels against better competition. (Wasn't fast enough to get enough points. Good accuracy though, just wasn't fast enough for the 30 minute test.)

So went to the longer (3 hour) science test: and was persistent enough (stubborn enough?, stupid enough ?) to concentrate that long. Eventually won at the district, regional and placed at the Texas state level of competition....Whoop, whoop.

(Nice scholarships from all that - so college and room and board and books and fees and spending money (er, beer and dance money) were all paid for.)

So all that slide rule time in high school in 72-74 earned me enough to buy a HP45 as a sophomore in college - and I haven't used one since.

[xsmommy]

i don't care who says what, i ain't wearing no babushka!