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....
The first time I pinged you, I had your name as Miss Behaving. LOL! When it wouldn't plug you in, I slapped myself in the forehead.
Vastie, I hadn't read your post yet about Miss Behaving. Pinkie fingers/GPTA (Great Posters Think Alike)!
I added the final "g." That's probably why it wouldn't come up.
I'd slap Cook upside down the head. I don't know what Miss Behave would do.
I'd slap Cook upside down the head. I don't know what Miss Behave would do.
We keep that old dusty photo of him in the janitor's closet, just in case we need it.
Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? What'd I do?
I'd get knocked up on BOTH sides o' poor liittle bitty head!
(Robt looks innocent. Has very, very innonsence look.)
I'm sorry, Ti. Cyber was singing this to me tonight. He did it in his Bullwinkle voice.
Yaaaaaaaaaay for you! Spring has sprung.
You just exhausted me, T5! Were you drinking Mountain Dew today?
I don't want to see what either of his hands are doing at any given minute, xs. He might just tell us. LOL!
Just joshing you, Greg, as you well know, but in case your meds have kicked in heavily, wanted to let you be apprised of my joshishity.
Is this true about our Dick? And did you get a print, xs?
That's Weekly World News. I buy that rag every now and again for Cyber so we can sit in bed and laugh. It can't be true. I'm ashamed to have believed it.
Or in Arghie's case, I take away.
I've seen many a she/he saunter, sashay, and swish their way into rooms far superior to their women counterpart.
What the heck haven't you done? We all love you though, and you know that. But handcuffing is the answer. Or some form of discipline . . .
I get conned into doing the laundry, and then get griped at because it isn't done 'right'..
There's a wrong way to do laundry?
I can't just toss all my pants shirts socks and such in all at once?
Just tossing them doesn't work.
Usually you hafta toss 'em at your wife.
(If ya want to get them clean that is.)
If ya just toss 'em on the floor, they (usually) just make a pile.
Oh dear.
Well, I did feed them to this horrible machine.
Threw in a capful of detergent, set the thing to large load, and dumped in a bunch of pants shirts and socks.
Lots of noise, lots of suds, and my formerly white socks were sorta grey afterwards, but I didn't mind that much.
What I did mind was this strange voicelike screeching that the machine kept repeating.
Sounded like "YOU CAN'T MIX COLORS WITH SOCKS!!! IT'S OVER FULL, OMG!"
Truly weird.
I restarted the machine just to be sure I heard it correctly.
What's with you guys throwing stuff from your feet aiming for the hamper? Women never do that. We'll shoot basketball style but never do the foot flip.
The foot flip is cool. It spares us from bending down and picking up the dirty clothes.
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