Word For The Day, Thursday, September 4, 2003

The Verbivores | 9/4/03 | 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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fatuous \FACH-oo-us\, adjective:
fatuousness; noun
fatuously; adverb

1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish.
2. Without reality; illusory
3. Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish
4. Delusive; unreal.

"Publishers persist in the fatuous belief that a little hocus-pocus in the front flap blurb will so dazzle readers that they'll be too dazed to notice the quality of what's on the pages inside." Irish Times, October 7, 1997

Etymology: [Latin fatuus, foolish, idiotic, silly..]

[RikaStrom]

Uggg, vile vitch!

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[RikaStrom]

The room mother is calling already??

Oh dear.

[RikaStrom]

(sigh)

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[xsmommy]

i know there were jerks on there, but i don't remember Hodar in particular. another trollish one that likes to be the OTHER voice is protagoras, who was a special fave of Flurry and LE....i saw him being a contrarian on an ANNA KOURNIKOVA THREAD! he was talking like a jealous woman!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I have others but this is a family site.

[RikaStrom]

Kerry is a kook.

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[Conspiracy Guy]

Many stupid ideas make it into autoworld.

[Conspiracy Guy]

He is a stoopid camotroll.

[RikaStrom]

What has happened to the intelligent people? This massive lawsuititis is really becoming rediculous, baseless and oweing more to selfish self promotion than legitimate legal lessons.

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[VRWCmember]

Can you post a link to the Schiavo thread? I haven't been following that case, but what I read of it earlier today leads me to believe that her husband ought to be taken out and horsewhipped until his clinton falls off.

[RikaStrom]

Except in the innercity schools that drain money and produce laborers. Birmingham public schools have a program called "Just Show Up" because absentees hurts dey money.

Well you could live here in Houston, where the scandal was that the school adminitrators changed the drop out codes to show a zero drop out rate for two schools and thereby earning a nice bonus.

[hobbes1]

What has happened to the intelligent people

We all hang out here.

[RikaStrom]

Ack, I refuse to download.

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[RikaStrom]

He's living in a dreamland if he continues to think that. He should share what he's smoking!

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[Conspiracy Guy]

That and worse happen in the innercity schools under the table. But to PUBLICLY announce "Just Show Up" shows why I live outside the city.

[RikaStrom]

Procurer of pavement princesses

[RikaStrom]

Thena is more than a year old and she hasn't stopped the chewing. I am still a walking bruise and bite marks.

Yesterday I got home and found her cheerfully chewing on a book, it was resting between her little paws. The decimated body of another book was strewn all over the living room floor. I was not a happy camper.

[RikaStrom]

Good point. Should I ever get married and have kiddies, they sure as heck aren't going to a public school.

[Conspiracy Guy]

There are many good public schools. But you have to find them.

[Texan5]

Thanks, teach-Another good, pc term for pimp. We have quite a collection.