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!
I agree, it's lovely.
I think you're right...hubby called me on the phone as I was finishing up, and I didn't spell check...greek vs. latinate form....
I hereby refuse to delve into pie in pubic where everyone can watch.
No problem, your poem entirely overwhelmed such considerations. I'm just a fussbudget sometimes.
Miss Laura owns the pie.
I was an Instructor of English for seven years...I know how it gets.
Then there is me.
True.
You're just fine, CG!
Of course it's true.
pi r square.
No, pie r round.
0 I C,
pi r square!
Jeepers, I shouldn't have dast to correct your spelling.
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Delving in pubic is good. (Whipped cream is better.)
I'm loonie
MR DUCKS
MR NOT
OSAR CM WANGS
lIB MR DUCKS
( . )
Everybody mispells sometimes! And proofing your own work is much harder than proofing other people's!
back from the cultural lunch at xsbrownie's school. what's going on here?
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