Word For The Day, Wednesday, September 17, 2003: Kibitzer

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | 09/17/2003 | The Janitor

[VRWCmember]

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".

kibitzer \kuh-BIT-ser, or KI-but-ser\ noun
one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment, especially at a card game;
broadly: one who offers opinions

kibitz \kuh-BITS, or KI-buts\ verb
to act as a kibitzer; to offer unsolicited and unwanted advice or comment, expecially at a card game

Example sentence: Fletcher had a reputation at the lunchtime card table as a kibitzer, always letting the players know how they should have played the previous hand.

Etymology: Yiddish kibetsn

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]

the original xspup was the devil incarnate. a JRT pup, that i had from 3mo of age til 18 mo. of age, when he bit the little girl across the street, and i had to get rid of him. i had him to puppy K and then to intensive puppy boot camp. 2 weeks of one on one with the trainer. wasn't enough, or wasn't the right thing to get him to work out with our family.

xs2pup, the cavalier is sweetness and light, not unlike myself. and will be no problem, once i get his kinks worked out! i will look for the book, but i am so bad with instruction manuals. i like to just take the thing out and start monkeying with it, til i figure it out.

[Argh]

Poor doggies. They think they're part of the family, and don't know why they can't have people food too.

[Texan5]

That seems to be the consensus of most of the men I know. Hubby was on active duty at the time he had his, and he went to the base to work same as always the next morning. No complaints.

[Argh]

sweetness and light, not unlike myself.

Whatever you say, Ms. PMS.

[xsmommy]

hey i PMSed this past time and not a one of you was able to detect it! HA!!! ; )

[Bella_Bru]

Happy Birthday, sweetie!

[Argh]

Actually, I've never been able to detect it in you, I was teasing. I've seen more sign of it in xshub than you!

[CSM]

Actually it isn't much of a manual, instead it helps us humans understand why dogs do what they do and what they are thinking or trying to accomplish. It also talks about other aspects of dog ownership like traveling, the dog aging, etc. It is really good, you will enjoy it and it will help enhance your doggy experiences!

[Bella_Bru]

Arghie must still be miffed about that thing last year when you snubbed him.

[xsmommy]

this post by you has been bookmarked, notarized, laminated and filed away to be paraded out at some future time when my sweet disposition is being impugned.... : )

[xsmommy]

thanks, i will definitely look for it. it really is all about seeing things from their perspective, isn't it?

[Argh]

Phooey. I'll just say it was by some other freeper named Argh. :^)

[Texan5]

If I put meat I'm going to grill on a platter on the drainboard while the fire gets ready, I have to put it all the way to the back, or mine will have a go at it when no one is looking. Same is true for any food item unattended on the kitchen table. They don't understand it is not their food until the humans put it into their bowls after dinner.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I had it done on Fri was back at work on Mon. At the time I was a South Central Bell Telephone repairman, climbing telephone poles and such. I couldn't ride my motorcycle for a month, the vibration was killer.

[Argh]

HAR, Miss Bella! "Snubbed" me? Sounds like a weird sex act. I wonder how I can get "snubbed" again...

[Bella_Bru]

Nice word, BTW. :-)

[CSM]

Ruff! (Mocha speak for "yes", in answer to "wanna go outside?", "wanna bone?", "should I order pizza?", etc.)

[Bella_Bru]

It was all over that event that you seem to have forgotten. :-)

[CholeraJoe]

(Crossing fingers) My boys haven't learned this trick yet.

[xsmommy]

xspup was tall enough to get at stuff on the table unless it was the very middle. as smart as he was, he NEVER thought to get up on there. i was thrilled that xs2pup was too small to reach the table, til he learned he could get right up on it, on all 4s.