Posted on 03/30/2005 5:42:21 AM PST 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".
sashay \sash-AY\ verb
1. to make the sliding dance step called chasse
2a. walk, glide, go
2b. to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner *
2c. to proceed or move in a diagonal or sideways manner
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
Cameras flashed and fans screamed as the latest pop princess sashayed down the red carpet.
Did you know?
The French verb "chasse" ("to make a sliding dance step") danced into English unaltered in the early 19th century, but as the word gained popularity in America people often had difficulty pronouncing and transcribing its French rhythms. By 1836, "sashay" had begun to appear in print in American sources. Authors such as Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Updike have all since put their names on the word's dance card and have enjoyed the liveliness and attitude "sashay" adds to descriptions of movement. They and many, many others have helped "sashay" slide away from its French dance origins to strut its stuff in descriptions of various walks and moves.
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....
Where are my handcuffs? I need to put me in the back of the class.
Yeppers!
Me?
Warped?
Hah!
"I" am always properly straight, swerve, and debonered!
I always thought it was Pervert Emeritus...
It has been duly noted, Tiger. But being the journalists that we are, we need input as to who has told you "What every woman needs."
What's really annoying about her getting up on the bed is that she can barely stand up when she has been lying on the floor for any length of time........how she can get on the bed without assistance is totally beyond me.
She's shedding her winter coat - sign of spring, I know - but her coat is oily and that drives me nuts because it sticks to everything. They are both shedding and I sweep up enough hair to make a new dog eeryday, but her coat is so different - that's why I don't want her in the bedrooms.
It is my gift to be able to intuit such things.....
Though some have been known to just flat out beg for it ; )
You had better join me in the back of the classroom, Dutch. LOL! LOL!
I need a vacation from my life.......
Me and my husband, we need a wife.......
Some whose sole ambition is laundry.......
I know how difficult the times are for you with an ill dog. I have empathy.
Ain't that the truth. Only I think a valet would do the job just fine.
Huh?
What do you want handcuffs for?
(You don't really need to check the c*ock face blindfolded, ya know.)
(HowfastisatexasgirlgettingclockedinPA?)
Gabz, am I doing it correctly?
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/103639.html
(Memo to robt: Links are good thongs to use.)
LOL, Slip!!!! I like your first PE explanation the best.
I think he's got his finger in his nose again, and he won't stop looking out the window at a baby squirrel. Is he drooling?
And Slip, I think that xs BETTER cuff you. Xs, that duty yields to you, doesn't it? Put 'em on *tight* and march her right down the center aisle to the back of the room. ;-)
Why do I do that? You can't come to the back of the class with Dutch and me. I'm handcuffing you to something. I don't know what yet.
He's drooling AND his nose is running. Again.
Sniff.
Sneeze.
And Teach, I know the origin of the word *sabotage*. Dutchgirl may know too. Would I get a gold star for the day?
Would that have something to do with a fat vulcan actress?
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