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..]

[hobbes1]

Howdy. 2 Days of Kindergarten down....16 years of Anxiety to go.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Gabz, I heard you mention Pokemoke the other day - my husband has worked in your area alot the past year or so........

[Gabz]

Homework.

I have long considered the news urinal's editorials to be fatuous at best, but this piece of drivel has got to take the cake.

What if an e-mail note arrives and you just don't open it?

[RikaStrom]

Hey Hobbie, your kidlet in K is a boy right? Let's marry him off to Gabz' kidlette. We can do an FR arrainged marriage. ;-)

Then we need to do xsteen and 'bot for another one.

hehehehe

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!

And today was supposed to be the 3rd day - and the local news didn't announce that it was closed until after daddy and daughter had waited nearly 15 minutes for the bus.........

[Texan5]

Hiya! Welcome back...


FATuous Leticia is whining away
At the Marriott every day.
If voters are concerned about issues of trust
2004 is the year to leave her in the dust.

Thanks for the info on the shoot, Rika. We will be a little tight on time, but Im trying to find a way to fit it in..

[RikaStrom]

Good gravy. I could see us trying that at work... NOT.

A+

[Gabz]

Pocomoke is about 15 miles from me.

In fact I need to go there to go to Wally-world, if the need should arise!!!!!

[RikaStrom]

Is she up for re-election in 2004? Good, let's boot her whiney self.

A+

You are most welcome, if you wander in around 1-ish or so, no problem. I figure I will get there about 12:30. I'm picking up another FReeper in Katy and we're driving up together.

[Gabz]

You will have to battle that out with pray4, as she has already determined Jax will marry her son!!!!!!

[hobbes1]

HEY HEY HEY.....He just got around to dressing himself this morning......My lord woman, stop giving me gray hairs...

[Conspiracy Guy]

Heah

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

2 days? Well you beat us......we made one day of 7th grade...... now he's home with me .....we're back to home schooling........

[hobbes1]

That's O.K. My boy is HUGE (four feet tall already, and working on his Gold Belt in Tae Kwon Do...)

[camle]

you mean "hugh" doncha?

[theDentist]

Hey! No pictures of Hillary forst thing in the morning! Don't you know that's when we're more likely to have a heart attack?

[hobbes1]

Series hugh......The other kids barely come up to his chin.
(Though he is Slender so it wears well...)

[Gabz]

No problem, he just has to get past her Daddy's shotgun first!!!!

[camle]

that was my ex. she was bugging me on the phone when I posted.

[camle]

hugh. vey hugh. as in series.