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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[Gabz]

You didn't hear that on the news this morning?

I blew coffee all over the dog when I heard it.

(actually the dog deserved it for waking me up)

[xsmommy]

it is enough to make you want to hurl, thinking of viagra and the bloated corpses all over the news last week!

[Gabz]

Very True.

[Laura Earl]

Is this a new dog? How did I miss that?

[Gabz]

Just what the doctor ordered: iGlassware (Glass that signals waiter automatically for more beer when empty!)

[Constitution Day]

This helpless Teutonic kitty attained quietus after being used in a most sadistic manner:

Drunk man pussywhips fiancee in feline felony

Yeah, I know I've been truant for a while, but this headline was too funny not to share!
I was thinking of posting it here, but the Mods may take exception to it...

[Gabz]

You didn't miss a thing - I have not yet acquired a new dog.

[VRWCmember]

a silk tie and a lone condom, Newsweek reported.

I've never really had a need for viagra, but if all he had was ONE LONE CONDOM, that sounds like he was planning to let the viagra go to waste.

[xsmommy]

so the Germans don't give a crap that he brutalized his fiancee, just that he killed a dang cat in the process????

[hobbes1]

The Glass should have a small speaker attached that screams...

BEERWENCH!!!!!!!!!!!

[CholeraJoe]

I'm waiting for the mamada deficiency detector.

[Constitution Day]

I guess not. Talk about misplaced priorities!

[xsmommy]

like it wouldn't be going off constantly? what a nuisance! ; )

[VRWCmember]

Extra credit for finding the word "pussywhips" in a headline. A++

[Consort]

We will continue to speak, no matter how hard they try to quietus.

[Constitution Day]

Extra credit for finding the word "pussywhips" in a headline. A++

Heh heh!! Thanks!

So, should I post it as a separate thread?

[xsmommy]

yeah, why not?

[Gabz]

So, should I post it as a separate thread?

It might last with that headline in "the smokey backroom"

I don't think it would pass the mods on the front page for very long.

[Constitution Day]

I dunno. The mods just seem overly sensitive lately.

[NeoCaveman]

So, should I post it as a separate thread?

Go for it.