Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 15, 2003: Vitiate

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | 10/15/2003 | 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".

vitiate \VIH-shee-ayt\ verb
1. to make faulty or defective; impair
2. to debase in moral or aesthetic status
3. to make ineffective *

* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence: Critics asserted that studies claiming to prove the product safe were vitiated by lack of objectivity on the part of company- hired scientists.

Did you know?
Here's one for word puzzle lovers -- and anyone else allured by alliteration. The sentence "Vivian vituperated the vicious villain for valuing vice over virtue" contains three words that derive from the same Latin root as "vitiate." Can you identify all three? If you picked "vituperate" (a verb meaning "to scold"), "vicious," and "vice," your puzzle prowess is beyond reproach. Like "vitiate," all three descend from the Latin noun "vitium," meaning "fault" or "vice."

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]

yes all the amateur legal minds were sifting and weighing the OJ case! everyone wanted to be a lawyer then ; )

[Conspiracy Guy]

OJ was innocent. The killer was a golfer and OJ has been looking for him ever since.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Has dupa posted baby pics yet and I missed them?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

no - I heard some have been taken today, however

[Conspiracy Guy]

I know you're a private person but I'll give you my email address to send some. Laura Earl and I can't wait to see Baby Dupa. So please share.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Oh jeez - you're being kind. If by 'private,' you meant 'lazy' - you'd be right. Hell, how embarrassing is this - the kid's been announced on the board at the corner bar since the day she was born - and two weeks later me and the Mrs. are still dinking around with printing our announcements (while I learn how the digital cam works).

[Conspiracy Guy]

Well It will still be another week or two before I have Flurrette's Mrs Mc's wedding pics.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Home going to now.

[xsmommy]

if he posted any, he hasn't pinged me. the new babydaddy has been scarce since he gave birth. he don't luv me no more... : (

[xsmommy]

oh. it's you....sniff... ; )

[Hegewisch Dupa]

don't luv you no less either, my fave MILFy FReeper.

[xsmommy]

coulda fooled me. you don't call. you don't write, you don't send pictures of the dupagirlie! : (

[Hegewisch Dupa]

I'll admit the master plan to create live-in MILF has had unforeseen and time-consuming consequences. But I'll send stuff as available.

[xsmommy]

are you back to work? i am not ragging on you, seriously, just wondered how it was going and how you are coping.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

I am back at work. GOing fine for me - it's harder on Mrs Dupa - I don't know how long she can operate on adreniline. But we are learning how to deal with evenings better. The kid's healthy - we really have nothing out of the ordinary to complain about.

[secret garden]

We thought you were trying to catch up on sleep. :-)

[xsmommy]

sounds familiar. no matter how inept and ridiculous you think you are being with a new baby, as first time parents, realize that someone else was being equally idiotic before you : ) i remember thinking that xsteen's baby noises sounded like an ANIMAL, when we had the basinette in our room. i was sure there was something wrong with her....

[xsmommy]

so. how's the screw?

[secret garden]

I'm not touching it. The plan is to remove a spindle(to get the proper angle) and just start over. And use lots of wood putty to cover the damage. It looks pretty nasty, doesn't it?

[xsmommy]

can't see ZIPS which you insist on sending me : )