Posted on 05/20/2005 2:19:26 AM PDT by Argh
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of four "Words for the Day".
1. vagile (from Latin vagus wandering)
free to move about
2. vagility (as above)
the quality or state of being vagile; broadly: the capacity of an organism to compete successfully in the struggle for existence
3. panhygrous (well, it IS Friday)
moist in all parts
(I found this at the online International House of Logorrhea. I can't find it in my dictionaries at home, but it does appear in a number of places if you google it.)
4. dysphemism
(from Latin and Grek dys meaning abnormal, bad, etc., and from Greek pheme speech)
substitution of a disagreeable, offensive or disparaging word or expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one (as of axle grease for butter, old man for father, or heap for car); also: a word or expression so substituted - contrasted with euphemism
Example sentence:
I'm not sure this last word will have much utility for the class. If I use "scummy, lying, self-aggrandizing molester" for "Bill Clinton", am I using a dysphemism? No, I'm being accurate. And the same would apply to the rest of our usual suspects. A challenge for the students today.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using one or more of the Words for the Day in one or more sentences.
The sentences must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Good Morning, Class. Welcome to School!
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
No pushing at the door please!
Absolutely excellent, Dubs!!!! The first sentence should be the Free Republic quote of the week, but I don't think they do that anymore.
Eating her pie would be a good thong to do.
That would also be considered a dysphemism for all leftie females. All four in one swell foop, Martin!
That would also be considered a dysphemism for all leftie females. All four in one swell foop, Martin!
Hi, Miss Laura!
Thank you!
So what'd you expect? I'd suggest you bite me, but given your proclivity for hot dogs, you might actually do it. :^)
(Hey Arghie! Did ya ask Miss LE if you could eat her pie?)
I mean, I just know she wouldn't let you drink her beers, but I'm sure eatin' her pie isn't out of the question....
That's why He uses those, to throw us off track.
Depends on which "her" you're referring to.
Here it goes! (I got distracted and almost forgot!)
I sigh,
hearing the dysphemistic premise
that what is good is evil,
and evil good
as they threaten the survivability,
the vagility
of the long trek of Western Civilization
from the golden gleam of Pericles,
to the brightness of the Julian concept
of good law, good government,
to the Thomastic concept of the well-ordered universe,
beneath the hand of a loving God
now to be demolished
in the self indulgent
epicurian nightmare
of those who think self is the measure,
and meaninglessness is the only truth
dripping, panhygrously, the fetid scum
that will bury
this heritage
in the sterile ravings
of the word ME.
Well yes.
But what about her peakin' pie?
Ooooooooooooooooo. (Robt is ooooverawed.)
I vaguely remember one or both of them saying they don't like pecan pie...
Why thank you....Brain works much better after coffee and getting all distractions off to work and school....
Not liking pecan pie is heresy...unless one has an allergy...
Right!
So, she's bound to having some peakin' pie left over.
Someplace.
Not to quibble, but for future reference I believe it's spelled "Epicurean".
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