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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: Constitution Day
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.
81 posted on 07/28/2003 8:11:23 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; Constitution Day
I agree it is the actual headline and it is not only literal - but true.

Send it to mhking and let him do it!!!!
82 posted on 07/28/2003 8:13:19 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: CholeraJoe
this is interesting. i guess the tumor made him do it...?
83 posted on 07/28/2003 8:13:33 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Gabz; xsmommy; dubyaismypresident
I think I'll go ahead with it.

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

84 posted on 07/28/2003 8:15:27 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Here goes nothin')
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To: VRWCmember
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.)

85 posted on 07/28/2003 8:15:39 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome.)
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To: xsmommy
Bullclinton. It's the left looking for a victim to canonize.
86 posted on 07/28/2003 8:15:45 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: Constitution Day
So, should I post it as a separate thread?

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

87 posted on 07/28/2003 8:17:34 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: CholeraJoe; xsmommy; Gabz
Here's something for the boys here to, er, play with: http://strongbad.surrealistic.net/ejaculator.php   ;)
88 posted on 07/28/2003 8:18:05 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Clinton Legacy = 16-acre hole in the ground in lower Manhattan)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
please... KEEP YOUR SCORES TO YOURSELF!!!!
89 posted on 07/28/2003 8:19:13 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Um, in case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a girl!
90 posted on 07/28/2003 8:20:08 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Clinton Legacy = 16-acre hole in the ground in lower Manhattan)
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To: NYC GOP Chick; CholeraJoe; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; VRWCmember
or report them to NYCGOPchick who will tabulate results and give us the grand prize winner ; )!
91 posted on 07/28/2003 8:20:49 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NYC GOP Chick
i know that!
92 posted on 07/28/2003 8:21:05 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: VRWCmember; xsmommy; Gabz; dubyaismypresident
MEOW
93 posted on 07/28/2003 8:22:03 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
well we know who isn't a p*#$$y, now don't we? he posted it! ; )
94 posted on 07/28/2003 8:22:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Heh heh! I am no shrinking violet.
95 posted on 07/28/2003 8:24:41 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: xsmommy
I'm the oldest so I've killed more kittens.
96 posted on 07/28/2003 8:25:25 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: xsmommy
I'll wear rubber gloves, a white lab coat and goggles for this project!
97 posted on 07/28/2003 8:26:15 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Clinton Legacy = 16-acre hole in the ground in lower Manhattan)
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To: CholeraJoe; hobbes1; dubyaismypresident
let's here what the other triplets have to say?
98 posted on 07/28/2003 8:27:44 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NYC GOP Chick
i'd suggest a head to toe rubber suit!
99 posted on 07/28/2003 8:28:17 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: CholeraJoe
I don't know....My penchant for Onanism is rather....prolific...
100 posted on 07/28/2003 8:29:00 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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