Word For The Day, Wednesday 2/05/03

2/05/03

[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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Thank you, VRWCMember, for today's WFTD!

anabasis, noun:
plural:anabases

1. An advance; an expedition.
2. A large-scale military advance, specifically the Greek mercenary expedition across Asia Minor in 401 B.C. led by Cyrus the Younger of Persia, as described by Xenophon. It was unsuccessful, and the Greeks, led by Xenophon, retreated to the Black Sea.

Etymology: Greek, from anabainein, to go up. See anabaena

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

[xsmommy]

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[hobbes1]

I am very seriously considering getting one, cutting off the sleeves, and wearing it when I jog thru Brookdale Park, where the uber libs hang out.

[xsmommy]

i coulda got you one last week, they had a booth at CPAC.

[xsmommy]

THIS just cries out for a monty python skit....

[CholeraJoe]

"Nigel, we've got an eater!"

[xsmommy]

i think she was merely resting...

[CholeraJoe]

Pining for the fjords.

[doubled]

Dems are on an anabasis
With clowns appealing to their bases.
This fine group of nuts
Will soon be the butts
Of jokes as they make their cases.

[xsmommy]

God, i love those guys.

[hobbes1]

You know, watching these guys learn, is nearly as satisfying as observing my 4 year old. I just hope their curve is a little steeper than Wolfgangs.(at least for now)

From todays Times (Check out Mitch!)

Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia Democrat, complimented Mr. Daniels for being a "good, loyal soldier" of the Bush administration but upbraided him for what he called mismanagement of the economy.

"The price of that loyalty is that you will have to take some responsibility for the worst economic management in American history," Mr. Moran said.

Mr. Moran criticized the Bush budget, filled with what he called "tax cuts and other spending," as "the riskiest economic plan I've ever seen."

Mr. Daniels countered by saying that if Democrats think the 2001 tax cuts were such a bad idea, they should move to repeal them. "I would simply invite you to bring a plan forward," Mr. Daniels said. "The money has not been, in your usage, spent. Almost all of it remains with American taxpayers. If [repealing those tax cuts] is really the right thing to do, then please propose it and let's have a good, honest debate."

Ouch!

[camle]

slut. you're supposed to THINK those things, nto say them:-)

[camle]

OK, Grimmy, you can be Slut #2.

[camle]

I hope you confined your discussions to the sappho fantasies of SOME men, and not everyone.

[TheGrimReaper]

"This bird you sold me.... is dead!"

"No...no it isn't.....it's just -- resting."

[hobbes1]

See, I don't think of myself as a slut per se...I am a Lesbian trapped in a Mans Body.

[camle]

a blanket? maybe on a HArley, otherwise, you're supposed to generate yer OWN heat.

Blankets! we don't need no steenkeen blankets!

[TheGrimReaper]

Sign me up!

[camle]

Sorry, but I was there first.

[camle]

I can see it now, WFTD featuring the newest Freeper status symbol - a place on the croq slut ratings board!

[xsmommy]

be careful what you drink down there, maxie!