Word For The Day, Wednesday, November 26, 2003

The Verbivores | 11/26/03 | 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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osculate \ohs*cue*late\, verb:
osculated, osculates, osculating; transitive, intransitive verb
osculation; noun
deosculate, deosculation; (fondly)
exosculate, exosculation; (vigorously)

1. To kiss..
2. Mathematics: To have three or more points coincident with.
3. To come together; contact.

A Plain Old Kiss
Some people need a peck or two;
For others a simple smooch will do;
Too many, a graze will stimulate;
A few may want to osculate.
And then, there are those who need a smack,
For flowery words they have a knack.
But all I want from you is bliss,
Which you can give me with a plain, old kiss!
- Arr. Ara John Movsesian

Etymology [Latin scul r , scul t-, from sculum, kiss, diminutive of s, mouth. See s- in Indo-European Roots.]

[RikaStrom]

Good Morning Students. Welcome to class!

Class is now in session. The rules are simple; you get a grade if you use the WFTD in a sentence, haiku, limerick, or quatrain. You get a "+" if you make a link, or make the teacher laugh, or you offer the appropriate bribes. I hold the grade book; the whip and chair.

Let's go back over that slowly and try not to get a headache: the EU's main concern about an actual epidemic of hate crimes against Jews is that it could provoke a hypothetical epidemic of hate crimes against Muslims. You couldn't ask for a better illustration of the uselessness of these thought-police bodies: they're fine for chastising insufficiently guilt-ridden whites in an ongoing reverse-minstrel show of cultural self-abasement, but they don't have the stomach for confronting real racism. A tolerant society is so reluctant to appear intolerant, it would rather tolerate intolerance.

The EU can osculate my posterior! Their continued exosculation of all things Islamic is abhorrent as well as frightening. When there is nothing left, and their countries steeped in feudal ways, they can just dig themselves out of the hole. Damn fools are on a slippery slope, and the devil’s coming up behind them.

Touching none but them,
The imagined slights and slurs
Osculating Hate

Moony Toons

[RikaStrom]

Morning!

[RikaStrom]

Morning!

[RikaStrom]

Morning!

[NYC GOP Chick]

Morning, teacher!

It looks as if 2 of hobbes's favorite people are about to osculate:

[martin_fierro]

¡Presente!

[xsmommy]

BIRTHDAY PARTY IS NOW IN SESSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

someone throw a bucket of water on WHyisa, i know dang well she is still asleep!!!

[NYC GOP Chick]

Oops! It's early (for me) and I forgot to ping you guys to this one :)

[Gabz]

Morning!!!!!!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I am not! I was checking my pings......... Good morning to you! lol

[Conspiracy Guy]

Moaning!

[martin_fierro]

Egad. What an "If They Mated" moment.

[xsmommy]

okay, here is the Tiger's bday cake, white chocolate raspberry like he likes...

[RikaStrom]

It's the kind where one of us consistently runs a countdown of how many days there are until Christmas, one of us threatens anyone in sight when PMSing(okay, maybe more than one), several of us spend our weekends watching football and either moaning or celebrating on Monday, none of us agree about Kobe or OJ, all of us agree about the clintons and the need to improve our vocabulary and awareness.
Does that describe the class Miss Rika?

That about sums it up!

[xsmommy]

telegenic duo that one... BARF....

[Gabz]

Way too early for contemplation of something like that.

[RikaStrom]

Ewwwwww

A+

[xsmommy]

okay, since you are up, you can have YOUR cake now... chocolate is yummy...

[xsmommy]

i know you are dieting so i made your cake smaller, than the tiger's. though i seem to have overdone it with his, it wasn't near that big in the pan....

[NeoCaveman]

Good morning Teach.