Word For The Day, Monday, January 26, 2004

The Verbivores | 1/26/04 | 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. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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coruscate \kor*es*kate\ verb
coruscating, coruscates, coruscated; transitive verb
coruscation; noun

1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter.
2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity;
3. A flash of intellectual brilliancy.

A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call ta little coruscation.
--Boyle.

Etymology: [Latin corusc re, corusc t-, to flash.]

[dixie sass]

Missed seeing you this year!

[theDentist]

Ah what a day! new car battery, snow afoot, cars sliding into embankments, poles, people and each other. You'd think the folks who are not used to driving in snow would coruscate the notion to stay home on such a day.

[xsmommy]

missed you too, dixie! work just didn't cooperate this time around. next year will be a big one and i will just have to manage to be there one way or another. i know it sounds funny, but missing work is normally much more doable for me than missing family obligations!

[PoorMuttly]

Now that Muttly's luxurious coat is growing back after summer trimming, the coruscating sight of his coruscation practicing with his Yo-Yo coriscates all those who behold his coruscation...and people say "now that's the kind of person/dog we need to run this country!"

[NeoCaveman]

listening now, this so funny.... and good too.

[Gabz]

This is my first snow since moving and so I did not know what to expect ........... DelDot was so lousy with taking care of the roads out in the country and Dover was equally horrid.

BTW, I second XS in my admiration of your homeschooling of your son. I have the greatest respect who are able to do it and do it well, as you evidently are. Kudos to you, FRiend.

[xsmommy]

xsgirls and i still scream aloud in laughter every time that clip is shown!

OMG it must have been yesterday up in NH when fat ted was introducing ketchup boy and he was talking about the man overboard story, i started guffawing aloud, to hear FAT TED use the words MAN OVERBOARD... xsboy and his friends were working on their sci project and came running into the room to see what was up with me!

[dixie sass]

Hey Girl! Great meeting you! Snow?

[dixie sass]

Yes Sir, sho' was good to see you again!

[dixie sass]

Shaking head! I can't believe someone - geeze!

[Texan5]

Morning! My computer suddenly died at 6:30 this morning, and I had to replace the power supply. But it's back up now-a quick rhyme, then I've got to go deliver a bid....

This morning on "Fox and Friends"
Dennis Kuchinich was pontificating
In a vain attempt to coruscate
And overcome his dismal rating

He only ended up looking strange
And decidedly over the brink-
Like he's been eating magic mushrooms
With purple kool-aide to drink

[dixie sass]

Hey Gabz! Not the weather, just AMTRAK's getting me home at almost two in the morning, having to throw a temper tantrum (you know, the stomp your foot kind) to get my luggage and call a cab!

Otherwise, this throbbing thing on my shoulders says that I made it home okay! Did you get home before the snow started? It was snowing all the way into North Carolina, I think as far as Fayetteville. We just got rain here.

[dixie sass]

Lol, understand!

[dixie sass]

Morning, twas good to see such a handsome gent again!

[Argh]

Baba has impwants.

[Gabz]

It was great meeting you, as well.

I got home an hour or so before the snow started.....but there is enough to have closed schools today and now they are calling for ice and freezing rain over night.........probably no school again tomorrow if that happens.

[NeoCaveman]

Morning, twas good to see such a handsome gent again!

The pleasure was all mine, ma'am.

[xsmommy]

it appears that neither stem cell nor the amoeba have lost their boyish good looks : )

[xsmommy]

this group has been agitating already for another snow day tomorrow!

[Gabz]

Good grief - you poor thing. No wonder you have a pounding headache.

I read on one of the CPAC threads that taxrelief and family got stranded in Virginia last night because of the weather.