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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[xsmommy]

CGEB was a very controversial poster. there was some question about her gender, and allegedly there was goings on with male posters, married and otherwise. posts about her tend to get deleted!

[Gabz]

I have seen references to her, and none very flattering.

But the font colorizer is something I picked up from working on the FReepathons.

[Gabz]

LOL!!! A likely story :)

[VRWCmember]

Very sad news indeed. Thanks for the memories, Bob. We'll miss you.

[Gabz]

TYVM - for some reason I had a feeling the reference was not exactly a compliment to me!!!

[xsmommy]

well in her pic she was an alleged hottie! i am sure that is what the boys meant by analogizing you to her!

[doubled]

Instead of the quietus he got
Uday was looking for coitus a lot
A bag of viagra
He was lookin' to shag ya
But ended looking really shot. Is this the reason all the photos were from the chest up?

[VRWCmember]

Yes, the pic posted for CGEB showed a very beautiful young woman. I was disappointed that the person posting "her" posts misrepresented itself.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I Hope it will be a quietus day in politics with no distractions as we remember Bob's long life.

[Gabz]

If you all say so - I will take your word for it that I was not being insulted.

[Robert A Cook PE]

"OOPS! I pulled a previous template and thought I replaced the previous word (fugacious) with the current word (quietus) everywhere. Serves me right for not proofreading better.

Flagarizing yourself, eh?

No. Er.

Flagetteling yourself? (No, that sounds like your shaving yourself though ...)

Phalgerzing yourself? (No, that'd be follwoing yourself west in search of fame and fortune....)

[Gabz]

Amen.

BOB HOPE JOKES

[xsmommy]

the boys in this classroom INSULT YOU? c'mon..... ; )

[Gabz]

It's been known to happen to better women than I............

[VRWCmember]

I will take your word for it that I was not being insulted.

Gabz dear, I would never insult you. I save all my insults for xs. ;)

[xsmommy]

i love you too, vast, my sweet. : )

[Gabz]

I rest my case.

[VRWCmember]

Looks like Uday had a different kind of stiffness in mind when our forces helped him reach room temperature.

[xsmommy]

The porno-loving playboy had a briefcase carrying Viagra, cologne, dress shirts, new underwear, a silk tie and a lone condom, Newsweek reported.

OH good grief!

[Gabz]

I really think this guy needed a quietus (def 3), but OTOH, I have a tendency towards diarehea of the mouth after 20 or so beers!!!

Drunk Admits Driving on ‘20 Beers at Most’