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]

maybe Gabz has a better sense of it than i do. that is the actual headline and it is LITERAL, so i don't know how they could beef about it.

[Gabz]

I agree it is the actual headline and it is not only literal - but true.

Send it to mhking and let him do it!!!!

[xsmommy]

this is interesting. i guess the tumor made him do it...?

[Constitution Day]

I think I'll go ahead with it.

What's the worst that can happen?? (LOL)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

We’re Not Dead. It’s a Trick.

The Saddamites quiet us by lying
The quietus Hussein-us denying
“That’s not quite us,” says Quesay
“Though it sure looks like Uday
Don’t quit. Use Viagra.” (He’s trying.)

[CholeraJoe]

Bullclinton. It's the left looking for a victim to canonize.

[VRWCmember]

So, should I post it as a separate thread?

I think you should. The mods would probably cut you more slack than some others.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Here's something for the boys here to, er, play with: http://strongbad.surrealistic.net/ejaculator.php   ;)

[xsmommy]

please... KEEP YOUR SCORES TO YOURSELF!!!!

[NYC GOP Chick]

Um, in case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a girl!

[xsmommy]

or report them to NYCGOPchick who will tabulate results and give us the grand prize winner ; )!

[xsmommy]

i know that!

[Constitution Day]

MEOW

[xsmommy]

well we know who isn't a p*#$$y, now don't we? he posted it! ; )

[Constitution Day]

Heh heh! I am no shrinking violet.

[CholeraJoe]

I'm the oldest so I've killed more kittens.

[NYC GOP Chick]

I'll wear rubber gloves, a white lab coat and goggles for this project!

[xsmommy]

let's here what the other triplets have to say?

[xsmommy]

i'd suggest a head to toe rubber suit!

[hobbes1]

I don't know....My penchant for Onanism is rather....prolific...