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!
Happy to write a check, though.
That's what I usually do, but since my boss is in charge of it.....well, you know....
i can see you now in the tube top, holding up a sign saying CAR WASH!
this is so bizarre. i originally thought the wax appt was tomorrow, but ijust found the appt card in my purse and it said 4/16/05, which would have been last Sat. I was just about to call and apologize for missing it, when they called me to say it is tomorrow AM. i am relieved that i didn't stand them up, but can't imagine why the card says last weekend.
No-I'll wear a wet Go Red for Women baby doll t-shirt for that!
Thank you! That was actually fun...
Oops...that reminds me....I haven't made an appt!
So you could crack the whip on the rest of the team?
i make one for 5 weeks hence before leaving, but i do rely on the day before reminder call. i was trying to figure out if someone was home last friday and took the call so that it didn't go to the machine, and then not give me the msg.
They say it like there's something wrong with it...
In theory I suppose.
i know, even some posters on the thread are insinuating it isn't good.
What's going on in Idaho all of a sudden?
That's because they are probably the type that would've been kidnapped by a dad!
idaho has always been a nutball locale... ; ) right, sea? rika?
they are definitely not thinking like DADS that's for sure!
My ex did something similar to an 19 year old college student who persisted in hanging around our then-15 year old daughter-but he and his parents didn't press charges or sue-and the boy stayed away after that...
Very nice, Miss Ti!
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