Word For The Day: Monday, July 28, 2003

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | July 28, 2003 | The Verbivores

[VRWCmember]

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

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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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[Slip18]

I've been getting so excited about the weather. I check the weather channel at least three times a day. Then I check on different weather websites a few more times a day. For the past week, it's shown RAIN! And not a drop reaches the ground. It just dissipates in the heat.

When Cyber and I were on our honeymoon in Washington, D.C., we hit this massive rain storm in Virginia. I drove through it, being from CA and all. We actually sat outside that evening at the hotel and watched it rain. I now understand why Cyber wanted to see a huge rain storm with all the lightning and thunder.

xs and xshub were in D.C. at the same time having dinner. xs remembers that storm. It's the worst storm I've ever been in.

[Slip18]

Try ice cubes in your bath. It's quite refreshing! I've started freezing small containers. Little ice cubes don't hold up in my bath water. But the big ones last a long time.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You aint seen a T-storm til you come down south. We had a freaky one last night it was less than a ten square mile storm, the only one in the state. 4 inches of rain in 30 minutes. Cloud to ground strikes like a scene from war of the worlds. I was sure glad that Laura Earl and I were in Latvia rather than driving in it. To hit and dissipate like that at 9:00 PM is plain weird.

[Argh]

In Montreal, where it gets REALLY humid, before I had A/C I used to take cold baths. They'd only keep you comfortable for about 20 minutes.

Don't you have air conditioning, Miss Slip? I realize where you are it mightn't do much good sometimes, but I would have thought you'd have it.

[Gabz]

Please darlin' - stick with things you understand!!!!!!

[Gabz]

I'm afraid to find out how cold the water is going to be here in the winter - it's more than cold enough now!!!!

I'm not complaining - I'm no longer dealing with the nasty stuff that passed for water supplied by the City of Dover.

This water actually tastes GOOD - because there is no taste - it's just water!!!!

[Slip18]

We have an air conditioner that would cool twice the size of our home. That was one of the first things Cyber and I bought together. I was used to beach weather.

Just now we both went outside to check out the weather. It takes a good 15 minutes to cool down again.

Good news with the weather! Big clouds are to the north, east, south and west of us. We should get a good raining here tonight.

I also go outside to deep water plants. The regular sprinklers just don't cut it for the trees and bushes. So I'm outside quite a bit. Then there's fetching the 'bot stuff. You can't stay inside all day long. I would get cabin fever fer shur.

[Gabz]

You need to get weather bug on you computer.

[Slip18]

What's a weather bug? I've never heard of it.

[Argh]

Good luck with the rain tonight!

[TheGrimReaper]

An outdoor hose shouldn't pass through attic

I do hope that isn't some kind of construction rule...
When you have an outdoor faucet on the side of the house opposite where the water supply enters, the water does travel through the attic to get there. There are no water supply lines in my foundation -- only drain lines.
See?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Actually I understand it very well but I was trying to open up the table for Vast, Grim, or whoever to get nasty. I've been bad enough lately : ( Teach didn't even give me a bad grade on my assignment today : (

[Slip18]

Flurry, you're pinging yourself.

[Gabz]

weatherbug.com

it's a small download program that runs on your computer and updates you on current weather conditions based on your zip code.

Go for the free one that shows some ads on it when you click on it - it's GREAT!!!

[1smallVoice]

Quietus as in Bob Hope or Kobe's career in promotions.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Opposite the supply line would follow the rest of supply line. If your house is on a slab, all lines should be in attic, except the one on supply side of house. Ours are in attic but are under the insulation. The attic is also ventilated with power and passive systems. The cold is cold fast at any point, except the backyard which is heated hose syndrome.

[Conspiracy Guy]

#232 was to you but I posted to self.

[TheGrimReaper]

Texas chickensh*t democrats are at it again....
This time, democrats in the Texas State Senate are staging a walk-out (to Albuquerque this time) to halt a congressional redistricting bill which was thwarted by a walkout of dim Texas House members back in May.

Although NO DIMOCRAT holds a statewide elective office in TX, the state is still operating off a district map drawn in 1991 by TX Congressman Martin Frost. That map gives dims a 17-15 advantage in U.S. House seats, despite the fact that the state is voting overwhelmingly republican.

Did I say "chickensh*t"??

[Conspiracy Guy]

Don't you miss that rotten egg smell?

[TheGrimReaper]

We've got attic ventilation, too... but around here in the summertime, nothing short of a 5-ton A/C unit is going to keep the attic cool. Fortunately, the hose has sufficient pressure to evacuate all the hot water in about 20 seconds.