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]

what the heck is kevorka? does it have something to do with Dr. Kevorkian?

[secret garden]

Now that's scary!

[Conspiracy Guy]

What the hey is that?

[secret garden]

It's a Seinfeld thing, similar to animal magnetism. Care to elaborate, tiger?

[hobbes1]

Well, now that accuracy of that perspective would depend roughly on the relative level of sheltering that takes place in ones life.

Trust me. 40 is plenty old enough when the right ingredients go ito the mix.

[CholeraJoe]

It's red wine made down under. Good stuff. Much better than them frog wines and cheaper than California swill. Every now and then I'll fire up a stogie, too.

[hobbes1]

A mystical magnetism, similar to Animal Magnetism....

I think we have about covered it....

[xsmommy]

rme

[Texan5]

Bwahahahahah! "Big fat tush"- so descriptive. Seriously, she really has developed a lard ass, hasn't she?

[secret garden]

What about that basketball she keeps tucking in the front?

[hobbes1]

Maybe she's pregnant....?


Could Susan Thomases really be a man?

[Laura Earl]

Yesterday, I bought 2 pairs of shoes and last night Flurry and I decided to go with the black cloth sling pumps with black beading on the toes. Of course I'll keep both, the other pair has a 4-5 inch heel, and that would be uncomfortable for standing around at the reception.

[Texan5]

Yes, indeed! Rummy rocks!

[Laura Earl]

You look very pretty in yellow.

[xsmommy]

good thinking. nothing more miserable than having to stand around with your feet hurting.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Try Aberlour..... smoother than Jack.......

[secret garden]

If looks aren't deceiving, she is. Susan Thomases, that is. What about Mandy Grunwold? That person was not a woman, by any stretch of the imagination.

[Laura Earl]

Amen!

[CholeraJoe]

Jack Daniels makes a sour mash whiskey that is only aged for 1 year as opposed to 3 for JD. It's sold under the name "Lem Motlow's Sour Mash Whiskey" only in Tennessee and Alabama. Pretty good stuff. Up here they sell Old Montana Red-Eye Whiskey that can also be used to strip furniture and fuel chainsaws.

[Texan5]

It is cool here, but not cold yet. Can you send me some cold and rain? Maybe it will get my butt in gear to install the upstairs fireplace and the woodstove in the kitchen instead of just looking at them sitting on the floor. You can keep the snow till December, though.