Posted on 05/11/2005 5:59:06 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".
glower \GLOW-er ("OW" as in "cow")\ verb
to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger
Example sentence:
Mariah crossed her arms and glowered at Jeff, making it perfectly clear that she'd had enough of his teasing.
Did you know?
Do words of uncertain origin make you scowl? If so, "glower" may put a frown on your face, because only part of its history can be validated. The well-established part of its story leads us to Scotland, where "glower" (or "glowren," to use the older Scottish form of the word) has been used since the late Middle Ages. Originally, the word meant simply "to look intently" or "to stare in amazement," but by the late 1700s, glowering stares were being associated with anger instead of astonishment. Beyond that, however, the history of the word is murky. The most we can say is that "glower" is a distant relative of Middle Low German "gluren," which means "to be overcast," and of Middle Dutch "gloeren," meaning "to leer."
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....
I wasn't looking for the breasts, I was looking for the RING! Exactly where is it?
Ring? Ring? What ring? There was a ring?
call HD the head, i was never a doper....
If he can't read the sectional and detect the no fly area, he needs to be on the ground.
Popping in and out today.
1965.
On a day like today, you can fly visual (no instruments) at the planes ceiling (12000 feet or so)
so this jackass could plainly see what he was doing?
yep. And he had to know it was illegal.
well that makes it a bigger concern. what did he think he was doing, i wonder.
Did you ping me, just to make sure I wasn't the pilot?
thank you - advice well-token
HAH!!
no, i knew you and CG would know whether he could see, visually, that he was in a proscribed area.
I also wonder if he could see that, visually. Or even hear, aurally, any warnings on the radio. Then feel, tactilely, his control instruments to turn the puppy around....
Turns out it is some guy from Smoketown PA. LOL
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