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Word For The Day: Monday, July 28, 2003
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | July 28, 2003 | The Verbivores

Posted on 07/28/2003 7:01:14 AM PDT by VRWCmember

Word For The Day, Monday, July 28, 2003: Fugacious



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".

quietus \kwye-EE-tus\ noun
1. final settlement (as of a debt)
2. removal from activity; especially death *
3. something that quiets or represses

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence: "This book is also about the death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, a quietus that for reasons not satisfactorily explained has been placed a year later than it actually occurred." (Ruth Rendell, _The New York Times Book Review_, April 6, 1986)

Did you know?
In the early 1500s, English speakers adopted the Medieval Latin phrase "quietus est" (literally "he is quit") as the name for the writ of discharge exempting a baron or knight from payment of a knight's fee to the king. The expression was later shortened to "quietus" and applied to the termination of any debt. William Shakespeare was the first to use "quietus" as a metaphor for the termination of life: "For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, ...When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?" (_Hamlet_). The third meaning, which is more influenced by "quiet" than "quit," appeared in the 19th century. It sometimes occurs in the phrase "put the quietus on" (as in, "The bad news put the quietus on their celebration").

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for 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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To: Flurry
Aaahhhhhh! This is so much better. Lu and I are going for a swim. Bring the cooler.
161 posted on 07/28/2003 10:39:02 AM PDT by Laura Earl (A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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To: xsmommy
Dang that was my WFTD
162 posted on 07/28/2003 10:39:13 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
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To: xsmommy
I don't know if anyone questioned Ehrlich - from the one story I heard, he had actually read it, found it hilarious and issued a statement denying it!!! And his statement was as funny as the Onion story.

My first reaction was I could not imagine Glenndenning or Schaeffer having had such a sense of humor over it as Ehrlich did.
163 posted on 07/28/2003 10:39:57 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Gabz
that is great! and you are absolutely right about those other two!
164 posted on 07/28/2003 10:41:08 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Eleanor Clift needs a major beating!

Poor ol' hag has obviously already taken several beatings with a combination ugly/stupid stick.

165 posted on 07/28/2003 10:41:35 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: camle
Yeah the gender thing would be a problem for both of us. Beer is a better first prize for any dude in contest.
166 posted on 07/28/2003 10:41:41 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
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To: TheGrimReaper
speaking of hags, did you read on FR this past weekend, the story written by David Brock, about Michael Huffington? eeks. that was something to behold.
167 posted on 07/28/2003 10:42:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
I worked at a radio station in Caroline County when Schaeffer made his infamous comment about the Eastern shore and out houses - NO ONE ever forgot that - and there was nothing funny about it over on the eastern shore.
168 posted on 07/28/2003 10:44:22 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Flurry
you have a point there.... but coquettes have TWO points!
169 posted on 07/28/2003 10:44:38 AM PDT by camle (this space for rent. send cash)
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To: xsmommy
No, but I'll go look for it... unless you provide the link in the next 30 seconds.....
170 posted on 07/28/2003 10:48:33 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: TheGrimReaper
i am fast, sweety, but not that fast : )
171 posted on 07/28/2003 10:48:58 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TheGrimReaper
here
172 posted on 07/28/2003 10:50:10 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TheGrimReaper
2 minutes, so sue me : )
173 posted on 07/28/2003 10:50:28 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: camle
They have points of their own sittin way up high, way up firm and high.
174 posted on 07/28/2003 10:54:01 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
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To: Laura Earl
I'll have the servants bring it.
175 posted on 07/28/2003 10:54:54 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
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To: Flurry
Send the young male hottie. Need sunscreen applied to back.
176 posted on 07/28/2003 10:59:47 AM PDT by Laura Earl (A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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To: Laura Earl
i think the boys would prefer to see the soap star you were hot for the other day, do the sunscreen application. ; )
177 posted on 07/28/2003 11:04:41 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; Flurry
You know they would. Flur send Vanessa if she has arrived.
178 posted on 07/28/2003 11:05:43 AM PDT by Laura Earl (A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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To: xsmommy
After reading about that poor bastard, my own life suddenly seems quite tolerable! 8-]
Especially since I don't have to suffer the presence of Space Cadet First Class Arianna.
179 posted on 07/28/2003 11:06:02 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: TheGrimReaper
it was positively surreal wasn't it? and so he is a happy little fruit now.....
180 posted on 07/28/2003 11:07:04 AM PDT by xsmommy
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