Posted on 10/01/2004 5:45:27 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".
fustigate \FUSS-tuh-gayt\ verb
1. to beat with or as if with a short heavy club
2. to criticize severely *
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
The incumbent senator has been fustigated by his opponent for twice voting to raise taxes.
Did you know?
Though it won't leave a bump on your head, severe criticism can be a blow to your self-esteem. It's no wonder that "fustigate," when it first appeared in the 17th century, originally meant "to cudgel or beat with a short heavy stick," a sense that reflects the word's derivation from the Latin noun "fustis," which means "club" or "staff." The "criticize" sense is more common these days, but the violent use of "fustigate" was a hit with earlier writers like George Huddesford, who in 1801 told of an angry Jove who "cudgell'd all the constellations, ... / Swore he'd eject the man i' the moon ... / And fustigate him round his orbit."
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....
Hello FRiends. I write this with a heavy heart. At 1:15 this morning, CG's father passed away. He is no longer suffering, and is in a much better place. We are okay, just working through the details. Please keep us in your thoughts & prayers.
i am so sorry to hear it, please give CG a big hug from us and give him our sympathies.
My sincere sympathy and prayers to you and CG-losing parents is so hard-I still miss mine...
It sounds as though you and hubby are going about this the right way. We grew up in a household with guns-my dad was in the military, and both he and my grandparents were hunters. We kids were taught gun safety much the way you are teaching Jax-by making the lessons appropriate to the age of the child. Most of us kids in the family began learning to shoot (supervised) at 8 or 9, with the emphasis on gun safety-we began accompanying our relatives on hunts shortly thereafter, and were always with an adult on hunts until we were 15 or so.
I am so sorry about CG's dad, may he RIP. You will all be in my prayers.
Have you seen the Drudge site tonight? Wow. Could kerry have really been that stupid?
VERY Good news!!!!!!
Oh man......I'm so very, very sorry. Please let him know that all of you are in our thoughts and prayers, BigCG is in God's hands.
It wasn't until my grandparents moved to Florida when I was about 14 that I learned how to shoot, but that was because we livedin the city. By that time Pop no longer hunted and my dad was never a hunter, so I've never been hunting.
Do you really need me to answer that question?
If you are watching Fox tonight you will see the Fallen Firefighters in Emmitsburg, Va. story. We lost a firefighter last year, he was being honored there today. A large contingent from our fire department has been down there all weekend. Prayers for his widow and three sons are still welcome.
So sorry LE. My deepest sympathies to you both and family.
Besides the military, firefighters and cops are always in my prayers.
I read a really neat story in one of the Delaware papers yesterday. In the movie "Ladder 49" that openned Friday, there is a scene where 2 ladder trucks hoist the firefighter flag between them at a firefighter's funeral. One of those ladder trucks and at least some of the men on it, are from the Robbins Hose Volunteer Fire Company, which is the Fire Department of Dover, my former home town.
What made the story neat was that the movie theater did a showing of the film just for volunteer firefighters and their families on Thursday night. For the openning of the film Friday night - that ladder truck was sitting outside of the entrance to the mall where the theater is.
I thought it a nice gesture on the part of the theater and the mall.
I have not been following the Ladder 49 movie. Maybe it's just too real. They often do the V with two ladder trucks and hang a flag, they do that for funerals and celebrations. Never saw anything quiet like a funeral for a line-of-duty death; the whole community participated. It was a rough week. The funeral dinner was at the firehouse, when the tones went off the first three out the door responding were his three sons. Not a dry eye there.
I haven't been following the movie, either - I just happened to read that story yesterday and your post reminded me of it.
I've seen a few line-of-duty caused funerals for cops and firefighters....the emotions are unreal.
God bless his sons.
I am sorry to hear of his passing. I will keep all of you in my prayers.
Morning, ladies-we have rain predicted today, so I'm going to go do the one estimate I have now so I can (hopefully) be back before any rain-I have several bids I can type while staying inside and dry-back later...
Prayers for y'all's families
The sun is shining, but it's down right chilly here.
Fog is so bad here, only a glimmer of sunshine. Been up since 4:15 or so........I am tired already.
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