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Word For The Day, 11/26/02 Tuesday
The Verbivores | 11/26/02 | Mistress Bella

Posted on 11/26/2002 7:03:27 AM PST by 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....


minatory, minatorial \MIN-uh-tor-ee\, adjective:
minatorily, adverb
Also:
minacious, adjective
minaciousness or minacity, noun
minaciously, adverb

1. Of a menacing or threatening nature

Etymology: Minatory derives from Latin minatorius, from minari, "to threaten." It is related to menace.

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To: VRWCmember
so he isn't going to cough it up, then?
21 posted on 11/26/2002 7:31:40 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
nice to feel warm and welcome again.
22 posted on 11/26/2002 7:44:05 AM PST by gas_dr
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To: Bella_Bru
Further proof that AlGore is no longer minacious, but irrelevant can be found http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/795899/posts
23 posted on 11/26/2002 7:48:23 AM PST by gas_dr
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To: xsmommy
Only you could turn my attempt to be remembered into an opportunity to suck-up. You are incredible xs.
24 posted on 11/26/2002 7:49:39 AM PST by gas_dr
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To: Bella_Bru
Pinged! I am pinged again! You like me, you really really like me!

But I digress.

Hey, give the Arab world credit: However minatory they may seem to the Western world at times, at least those guys know a hot-looking camel when they see one.

25 posted on 11/26/2002 7:54:38 AM PST by white rose
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To: xsmommy
Hey, xs....
26 posted on 11/26/2002 7:55:49 AM PST by Cyber Liberty
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To: TheGrimReaper; xsmommy
Now now, Grimmy....be nice to xs.
27 posted on 11/26/2002 7:56:25 AM PST by Bella_Bru
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
A+! And sorry for your un-invite yesterday. I forgot to email myself the class list. Bad teacher. :-(
28 posted on 11/26/2002 7:57:16 AM PST by Bella_Bru
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To: Bella_Bru
Despite the constant media bashing of Christians and right-wingers as minatory threats to the social order, I still think Muslims would do well to be converted to Christianity. While militant Christianity gets the headlines, there are other ways to convert - such as by changing the heart.
29 posted on 11/26/2002 8:02:53 AM PST by lds23
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To: Bella_Bru; xsmommy
All in good fun.

30 posted on 11/26/2002 8:14:02 AM PST by TheGrimReaper
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To: TheGrimReaper
Hey look! It's John McCain, the arrogant pr**k!
31 posted on 11/26/2002 8:21:00 AM PST by Cyber Liberty
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To: xsmommy
Have you been sucking again? Sheesh!
32 posted on 11/26/2002 8:40:26 AM PST by Argh
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To: xsmommy
I guess that should have been "sucking up", eh?
33 posted on 11/26/2002 8:40:54 AM PST by Argh
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To: Cyber Liberty
Yep, ol' Johnny is about as useless as Jumpin' Jimmy Jeffords.
34 posted on 11/26/2002 8:45:14 AM PST by TheGrimReaper
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To: TheGrimReaper
I would guess that veterens of the USS Forrestal would consider him worse than just useless....
35 posted on 11/26/2002 8:47:01 AM PST by Cyber Liberty
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To: Bella_Bru
Here's a minatory article pointing out that people in other countries are having sex more often than Americans. Including Canadians. But it's not my fault, my recent "efforts" in this area drag down the Canadian average considerably...
36 posted on 11/26/2002 8:53:52 AM PST by Argh
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To: Bella_Bru
A minatory tale for the croqs: Obese prostitute smothers client. The moral of the story is: don't go to Peoria!
37 posted on 11/26/2002 8:57:54 AM PST by Argh
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To: Bella_Bru; RikaStrom; anniegetyourgun; CholeraJoe; coteblanche; SeaDragon; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; ...
Now THESE are some words:

Dear Straight Dope:

Is antidisestablishmentarianism really a word? If it is, what does it mean and is it the longest word? Just asking. --Otis

SDSTAFF Dogster and SDSTAFF Ian reply:

Otis, you caught us on a good day when we'm not going to chide you for not looking the dang word up yourself in that magical tome known as a dictionary. Instead, we’ll get out our truss and pick up the Oxford English Dictionary. Turning to page 59, we find that antidisestablishmentarianism is indeed a word. The definition is as follows: “Properly, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, but popularly cited as an example of a long word.” Catching the irony here?

As for the second half of your question, the longest word in the first OED was 29-letter floccinaucinihilipilification (the categorizing of something as worthless or trivial). The longest in the OED2, usually cited as the longest word in any English dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a miners' lung disease caused by inhaling silica), 45 letters. Some scholars, however, deride this word as "made up," and declare '"floccinau...'" to be the champ. And, of course, there are some hippopotomonstrosesquipidelian (30 letters, means "long") words in specialized fields, especially chemistry, where they apparently just tack on another few letters every time they rewrite the textbooks. The full name of the tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme with 267 amino acids, extends to 1,913 letters:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

There's one you probably won't see on Wheel of Fortune.

SDSTAFF Dogster and SDSTAFF Ian Straight Dope Science Advisory Board

If I had a sense of humour, I'd tell Miss Cote I was presently composing a poem just for her using that monstrosity.

38 posted on 11/26/2002 9:09:36 AM PST by Argh
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To: Bella_Bru
Mornin', Teach !!


Have a cup while you FReep !




For those who prefer hot chocolate.....





39 posted on 11/26/2002 9:20:20 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: Argh; RikaStrom; Johnny Gage; All
Dear Straight Dope:

AIR POWER
AV-8B Harrier

This has nothing to do with your topic, howerver it's just to good to keep to myself!!

WOW Johnnny these are some pictures!

Thanks !
I think a plane should be named after me!
How about Feather Light, and Fast!
Construction specifics to follow!

LOL

40 posted on 11/26/2002 9:20:34 AM PST by Soaring Feather
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