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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: xsmommy
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)
61 posted on 07/28/2003 8:00:05 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Gabz
it is enough to make you want to hurl, thinking of viagra and the bloated corpses all over the news last week!
62 posted on 07/28/2003 8:01:29 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Very True.
63 posted on 07/28/2003 8:02:03 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Gabz
Is this a new dog? How did I miss that?
64 posted on 07/28/2003 8:02:07 AM PDT by Laura Earl (A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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To: VRWCmember; dubyaismypresident; camle; hobbes1; Flurry; CholeraJoe; gas_dr
Just what the doctor ordered: iGlassware (Glass that signals waiter automatically for more beer when empty!)
65 posted on 07/28/2003 8:03:55 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: VRWCmember; xsmommy; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; LonePalm; CholeraJoe; RikaStrom
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...

66 posted on 07/28/2003 8:04:11 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Laura Earl
You didn't miss a thing - I have not yet acquired a new dog.
67 posted on 07/28/2003 8:04:45 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: xsmommy
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.

68 posted on 07/28/2003 8:04:57 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Constitution Day
so the Germans don't give a crap that he brutalized his fiancee, just that he killed a dang cat in the process????
69 posted on 07/28/2003 8:05:21 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Gabz
The Glass should have a small speaker attached that screams...

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

70 posted on 07/28/2003 8:05:24 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Gabz; xsmommy
I'm waiting for the mamada deficiency detector.
71 posted on 07/28/2003 8:05:58 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: xsmommy
I guess not. Talk about misplaced priorities!
72 posted on 07/28/2003 8:06:19 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: CholeraJoe
like it wouldn't be going off constantly? what a nuisance! ; )
73 posted on 07/28/2003 8:06:29 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Constitution Day
Extra credit for finding the word "pussywhips" in a headline. A++
74 posted on 07/28/2003 8:07:08 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
We will continue to speak, no matter how hard they try to quietus.
75 posted on 07/28/2003 8:07:55 AM PDT by Consort
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To: VRWCmember
Extra credit for finding the word "pussywhips" in a headline. A++

Heh heh!! Thanks!

So, should I post it as a separate thread?

76 posted on 07/28/2003 8:07:59 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
yeah, why not?
77 posted on 07/28/2003 8:08:40 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Constitution Day
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.

78 posted on 07/28/2003 8:09:33 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: xsmommy
I dunno. The mods just seem overly sensitive lately.
79 posted on 07/28/2003 8:09:34 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
So, should I post it as a separate thread?

Go for it.

80 posted on 07/28/2003 8:11:14 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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