Posted on 08/02/2004 8:52:03 AM PDT by 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".
cajole \kuh-JOAL\ verb
1. to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance; coax *
2. to deceive with soothing words or false promises
Example sentence:
Peter's friends cajoled him into coming to the party even though he was not in the mood to go.
Etymology: Did you know?
You might not think to associate "cajole" with "cage," but it's likely that these two words are connected. Researchers have made an association between the prattle of a caged bird and the persistent wheedling of a person attempting to get something out of someone else. "Cajole" comes from a French verb, "cajoler," which now means "coax" but at one time meant "to chatter like a jay." Some etymologists theorize that "cajoler" is from "gaiole," an Old North French word meaning "birdcage" and ancestor to our word "jail." "Gaiole" derives from a Late Latin word, "caveola," which means "little cage" and is the diminutive of the Latin "cavea" ("cage" or "cavity"). Our word "cage" derives from this noun, and "cave" is a close relative.
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.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Surely you meant exhilirating...; )
I'm cautiously skeptical about the much-heralded "cooling off" that the forecasters are expecting ....
still can't see the pic. laptop and wireless card = two tin cans and an etchasketch.
I feel bad for the once Great Britian. Liberalism destroys everything it touches.
Pretty much. Gandalf, forsooth!
Well atleast the sickly Ill. GOP has some fight left in them.
GO ALAN!! GO HOME McCAIN!!
You have to remember The Millionaires Club on the Hill (The Senate) is a far more important Band of Brothers, than the rabble that those two no longer associate with.
Thats why McAnus is condemning this group, while letting attacks on his President go basically unanswered.
Well, give the Times credit for accuracy, they called him a writer and a performer....Not a Musician....lol
He sucked when I was In High School, he still sucks now.
Beauty!!
Plus McCain is still steamed about 2000. I was not suprised in the least by McCanal's latest behavior.
It sounds like you were the only classy broad in the joint. Have you noticed how many big gals get those belly buttons rings? I don't know what they are thinking.
Yes, no belly ring, or lower back tattoo to distract from the thong pulled out of the short shorts over the high heels.
Our local radio guys did their show live from Bahston last week and said Nadler tripped over their table and it was all they could do not to bust out laughing. They said he is still a whole lotta boy and that when he started to fall, it looked like a Chris Farley sketch with everything going down around him as he tried to grab something to stay up.
Give her credit. She will do the tank top but not the Tanka Ray.
I didn't even know she was a Punk fan....
Punk? I was talking about Beavis and the other guy...
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