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Word For The Day, Friday, May 20, 2005
May 20, 2005 | Argh

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!


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To: xsmommy

It's not ego if you can back it up. :)


301 posted on 05/20/2005 5:16:31 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006!!!)
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To: Gabz

can you believe i had to turn the HEAT on. this is so dang odd. i don't think i have ever been back and forth from a/c to heat this way before. i am just freezing today.


302 posted on 05/20/2005 5:17:05 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Dan from Michigan

Sorry, can't talk. I am in time out.


303 posted on 05/20/2005 5:18:44 PM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: Dan from Michigan; patton

you obviously missed the display last week where he was on a total roll of his life's accomplishments. i admit i am hard on him, but SG and tioga were gagging and that's when i felt vindicated, it wasn't just me...


304 posted on 05/20/2005 5:19:02 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: patton

the only way i can deal with braggadocio is to just rag on it. bc you can't see my eyes roll to the back of my skull and lock up, which is what i would do if you were going on like this in person. i enjoy makinge people more selfaware. do you know there are people who just say anything that comes into their heads and have no idea how it sounds to anyone else. i am doing those people, people like you for example, a service, by visibly reacting.


305 posted on 05/20/2005 5:22:10 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

nice to know, I make girls gag.


306 posted on 05/20/2005 5:22:59 PM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: xsmommy

kamsahamnida, xs-san.


307 posted on 05/20/2005 5:24:47 PM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: patton; xsmommy

Nice try.


308 posted on 05/20/2005 5:26:51 PM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: xsmommy

Yes - I can believe it - because I did the exact same thing when we got home this afternoon.........it was freezing in this house.

I am so desperate for this weather to finally make up its mind what season it is.


309 posted on 05/20/2005 5:29:53 PM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: patton

oh GREAT, ruin everything by making me feel bad! ; )


310 posted on 05/20/2005 5:34:49 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Gabz

my flowers are doing great though, the weather notwithstanding. the rain and the coolness have everything blooming beautifully. if i could just leave the heat off, i could be happy. i want a nice nip in the air.


311 posted on 05/20/2005 5:36:06 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I also enjoy a nip in the air - but it was damp and raw here today and it just stayed in the house.

The insulating coolbreeze did in the attic is obviously doing exactly what it was supposed to do - but for today, at least, I would have preferred it to not be keeping the chilliness in.


312 posted on 05/20/2005 5:48:23 PM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: Argh
HA! arghy, the bodacious Mary Carey big boobed porn starlet and former gubernatorial candidate in CA, is going to dine with the president! and we thought her 15 min of fame were over! just goes to show ya, if ya got boobs, you can go anywhere!
313 posted on 05/20/2005 5:57:58 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Gabz; TheGrimReaper; dubyaismypresident; Hegewisch Dupa
Mary is speaking from HD's heart...

I'm especially looking forward to meeting Karl Rove," Carey added. "Smart men like him are so sexy. I know that he's against gay marriage, but I think I can convince him that a little girl-on-girl action now and then isn't so bad!"

314 posted on 05/20/2005 5:59:28 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Spare me...........


315 posted on 05/20/2005 6:07:40 PM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Thanksalot Dan. Now I have the Theme from Miami Vice earworm. Which is better than the macarena which I was subjected to, over and over today, at kiddo Field Day. I offered the DJ a buck NOT to play it and pretend he lost it.


316 posted on 05/20/2005 6:45:22 PM PDT by secret garden (Go Spurs Go!)
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To: xsmommy
but I think I can convince him that a little girl-on-girl action now and then isn't so bad!"

I won't say it...wouldn't be prudent....

317 posted on 05/20/2005 7:02:47 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006!!!)
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To: secret garden

I don't remember how the theme sounds! When I try to bring it up in my memory, all I get is the theme for Hawaii 5-0...Now that's sad...


318 posted on 05/20/2005 7:09:12 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: secret garden
macarena which I was subjected to

I thought the Macarena went the way of "Disco Duck".....

We always played stoner music. Grateful Dead, Doors, Pink Floyd.....

319 posted on 05/20/2005 7:09:13 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Fire Stabenow in 2006!!!)
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To: Dan from Michigan

It was elementary school. K-5 is into repetitive, horrible music.


320 posted on 05/20/2005 7:11:55 PM PDT by secret garden (Go Spurs Go!)
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