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!

[NeoCaveman]

the love of your life is going to be on LKL tomorrow PM.

That's tonight, not tomorrow night.

[xsmommy]

you're right, i guess the thread i read it on, must have been started last night. sorry.

[hobbes1]

Excellent! Tonights my Early night.

[xsmommy]

geez, i sure am glad CAMEROON is weighing in on the iraq thing, RME.....

[Gabz]

I thought I was so smart and could accomplish something with just a phone call or two this morning. Instead I wound up on a fishing anabasis trying to find out how to get my child in kindergarten in September.

I have resigned myself to the fact it appears I will not be moving to Virginia in the forseeable future and better get my ducks in a row.

Oh, I want out of Delaware so badly - I can taste it.

[NeoCaveman]

Excellent! Tonights my Early night.

I take it you have Tuesday and Thursday classes too.

[xsmommy]

i think it is no coincedence that they speak FRENCH in the Cameroon. what a buncha damn wussies.

[hobbes1]

Yes, one class on Mon-Wed, Two on Tues-Thurs.

[hobbes1]

How much would you like to bet that the French Ambassador did doo-doo in his Diaper when Powell used the Picture fo the F1-Mirage conducting a Mock Anthrax Drop.

[hobbes1]

For example, Iraq had a program to modify aerial fuel tanks for Mirage jets. This video of an Iraqi test flight obtained by UNSCOM some years ago shows an Iraqi F-1 Mirage jet aircraft. Note the spray coming from beneath the Mirage; that is 2,000 liters of simulated anthrax that a jet is spraying.

[NeoCaveman]

well ask dubs, he saw her in the flesh the other day, i did not. Dubs, does she have any more meat on her bones that you could tell?

She looked radiant with a sparkle in her eye, and a hint of laughter in her smoky voice.

[xsmommy]

sounds like the french guy cannot get his head far up enough saddam's a$$ to me.

[hobbes1]

You would like the Mon-Wed thing. The Professor will start into spouting some Post Modernist claptrap ('The failure to conform to the Patriarchal Standard leads to diminsihed rewards..') at which point I rebut (barriers to full participation in the Meritocracy leads to...) and launch into a good 2 minute Soliloquy, before she can wrest back control of the classroom.....

And even better, now I have a disciple.

[hobbes1]

KY helps.

[xsmommy]

sure sounds to me like she was smitten. did you leave her your phone #????

[NeoCaveman]

Note the spray coming from beneath the Mirage; that is 2,000 liters of simulated anthrax that a jet is spraying.

They keep mentioning Anthrax. What about the DC mailings of Anthrax are they goign to finally connect it to Sodamn Insane?

[xsmommy]

the French translator's voice and accent is irking the crap outta me.

[NeoCaveman]

sure sounds to me like she was smitten. did you leave her your phone #????

Poor thing had to grab a flight back to New York right after Crossfire.

[hobbes1]

Poor thing had to grab a flight back to New York

They hate to be too far from me...

[hobbes1]

He said something during the presentation, that some of the FR viewers took as a shot at Daschle, though i did not catch the remark.