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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").
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To: Flurry
well this is the 3d try on the oven. not that they have even LOOKED at it yet to see what might be wrong. First they did not order the part in time for the first scheduled visit, which i didn't know til i was sitting at home from work that day, waiting for them. the second time i stayed home waiting for them, they DID show up, but hadn't informed me that the part was to have been shipped directly TO me, and it had not yet arrived. The third time they were SUPPOSED to come (this past Sat.) because the part had arrived, the guy had gone on vaca and not written me into the schedule for someone else to come, so a no-show on Sat. AM. I am home today and i will do serious damage to the GE repairman if this thing is not fixed today.
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posted on
07/29/2003 4:43:00 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Do you have a description of the part? What was the oven not doing? I have to know!!
342
posted on
07/29/2003 4:46:59 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
To: Flurry
well the touch pad does nothing. i had to turn the switch off on the circuit breaker bc the thing just kept beeping, as if the timer was going off. they ordered both the touchpad itself and the electrical component behind it. a friend of mine, whose house is also 4 years old and has the same oven, said they had to replace their's also and that is was from spraying cleaner directly onto the touchpad, liquid seeped behind and burned the thing out. we'll see what they tell me.
343
posted on
07/29/2003 4:50:05 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Anything electrical should be cleaned with cloth dampened by apropriate cleaner, never sprayed direct. But I'd recommend reading "Cleaning Section" of owner's manual before they get there. The b!tch slap him if he says "well you cleaned it wrong"..
344
posted on
07/29/2003 4:56:05 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
To: xsmommy
Don't throttle the repairman! I think you found the problem-the owner's manual that came with my Whirlpool oven specifically says not to spray cleaner directly on the touchpad, but to wipe it with a cloth lightly sprayed with cleaner, only. I already ragged on the lady who cleans my and my next door neighbor's houses for spraying stuff right on it.
345
posted on
07/29/2003 5:17:27 AM PDT
by
Texan5
To: Laura Earl
I'm in Jamaica, where are you?
346
posted on
07/29/2003 5:19:52 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
To: Texan5
i have to talk to consuela. i have never cleaned the thing myself.
347
posted on
07/29/2003 5:20:38 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
can you do northern VA from there? Are you inquiring for yourself? Or suggesting that I "do" ALL of northern VA??
If it's the latter, I will have to rearrange my schedule.
To: Flurry
I'm here too, silly!
349
posted on
07/29/2003 6:58:15 AM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: Laura Earl
Hi sweetie watch ot for the pies. I got my super soaker now.
350
posted on
07/29/2003 7:02:59 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
To: Laura Earl
Hi sweetie watch out for the pies. I got my super soaker now.
351
posted on
07/29/2003 7:03:06 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
To: Laura Earl
I'm in Jamaica now.
352
posted on
07/29/2003 7:03:48 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
To: Flurry
Whew! Finally here...had a hold up at customs with LulaBelle. Everything is cool now.
353
posted on
07/29/2003 7:05:54 AM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: Laura Earl
She need to get the puppy picture off her passport.
354
posted on
07/29/2003 7:10:48 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(!!!!!!! sdrawkcab si enilgat ym ,em pleh esaelP)
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