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 feel bad intruding on what appears to be a very personal moment between you two.... ; )
i am betting marteen shows up with this pic... ; )
No, you don't.
this product seems to be a link between vagile and panhygrous.
well, yunz could have gotten a room....
It is a panhydrous situation here today with storms on and off all day. I believe Field Day will be postponed at the local school.
A popular dysphemism for a morbidly obese woman in the South is to call her a Big Ole Girl.
Ahem...meant to type panhyGrous!
we have a nice steady rain falling here in VA also. Can you believe this? xshub's pal who invited him to the National Catholic Prayer breakfast, is out of town on a big case and won't be back til later today, having entirely forgotten the invitation that he extended to xshub, of which they spoke via email LAST WEEK. xshub is equanimous about it, but i am POd!
It's all Greek to me-
The deadlock in the senate and
The 'rats' lack of civility
Seems to be an indication
That their party lacks vagility
They wax sincere and try to sweep
Their lies under the liberal rug
While fat Teddy lurks in the background
Like some large panhygrous slug
They refer to all conservatives
As an extremist right wing breed
It's a product of their delusions-
Just more dysphemism and screed
Did I get it right?
Too late for that now, I think you've spoiled the moment.
He completely forgot?
It is cloudy here, but at least it isn't raining.
At breakfast, hubby said he was reminding me that his sister fixes eggs, bacon/sausage and toast EVERY morning for her husband and herself, so that I would be sure to have plenty of those things to cook for them. I leveled a look at him and calmly told him that I was reminding him to tell his sister and brother-in-law when they get here that there are two restaurants within three miles of this house that will be happy to accommodate them every morning of their visit. The last time they came to see us, we lived in SA and my sister-in-law's husband was there on business, so they did not stay with us because the company he works for put them up at La Cantera for the week. If we ate like that every morning we would both be as big as the Goodyear blimp-I fix hubby oatmeal or cream of wheat and I eat an apple or a grapefruit-I only cooked breakfasts like that on the weekend even when there was a young'un at home...
If I used those words, I would get banned from polite company!
I am with you T5, I only eat like that once on a weekend IF that. I don't work out on the elliptical every day just to pig out........not worth the effort to work it back off.
xshub called the wife and found out he is not scheduled to return to town til tonight. so yes, he did, or else if he didn't forget, he is a real jagoff for not calling xshub to say sorry, the invitation for friday is off. It would not have been a huge deal at all, except that Bush said last sunday that he wanted to speak at it, and then of course, it became more desirable.
He could have sent the invite over and made sure he went with or without him........oh, well.
That really has got to be a disappointment...
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