Word For The Day, Monday, August 18, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/18/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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stolid \STAH-luhd\, adjective:
stolidity, stolidness; noun
stolidly; adverb

1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
2. Not easily aroused or excited
3. Dull; impassive.

He destroys the public for historical work by convincing it that history is synonymous with heavy, stolid prosing.
--Allan Nevins, "What's the Matter With History?"

Etymology: [Latin stolidus, stupid. See stel- in Indo-European Roots.]

[secret garden]

Okay. I'm not the fink type anyway. :-)

[hobbes1]

Yes, she is stay-at-home.

[hobbes1]

Ha!

[secret garden]

When have I ever tattled?

[Argh]

Hey, Teach, did you know the Goddess, Miss LindaSOG, gave me an exam on Saturday out of nowhere, over at the Canteen? All by myself, I got to make an ass of myself in public AGAIN. I failed so abysmally she gave me detention and said I had to clean the blackboards. AND polish her apple!! Are youse two in cahoots or something??

[hobbes1]

I am far too sleepy, to enumerate your transgressions in that regard, but your lack of regard for the obvious musical genius of Pink Floyd, places you in the fink category anyhow.....

[secret garden]

Keep looking for evidence of tattling but secrets are safe with me. Ask xs. ROR!

[secret garden]

Lack of regard? That's generous. I think they're crap. ;)

[Argh]

Maybe Miss Lostinacademe has something to say about the genius of Pink Floyd.

[hobbes1]

Get up off that chair, your brains need to breathe...

[secret garden]

Arghy! Not you too! I thought you were our resident musical savant! Oh, the humanity...

[secret garden]

That's just plain nasty. Shame on you.

[Agnes Heep]

Yes, but I doubt if it would be complimentary.

[Argh]

No, not me, Miss Garden, I loathe pretty much all popular music except for nostalgia puposes. I just noticed Miss Lost is in musicology and might have something to contribute.

[hobbes1]

Oh, you know I'm only teasing. Argh said he wanted to see your bottom ; )

[secret garden]

Oh wait, perhaps I judged your remarks too quickly. Were you quoting some of Floyd's more esoteric lyrics?

[Lostinacademe]

I'm afraid not. I listen to some popular music, but Pink Floyd is not one of my first choices. I rather consider the seventies a pimple on the face of time.

[secret garden]

???

[hobbes1]

see 490....rme... ; ) Ciao!

[Argh]

I wasn't looking for complimentary, more like illuminating-to-humourous. Not that I intend any ill will toward my buddy hobbes. I've been reading Graham Johnson's 45,000 word exegesis of Winterreise and am fed to the eye teeth with popular music's emptiness, that's all.