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!
Yes, I know - you do it because you like me. ;)
(stamping feet and shouting profanities) Ladies, my nobility and unselfishness just went south-I am bringing boxes of stuff I had thought was lost in the move from the boat barn and unpacking them and I was assaulted by the smell of mildew from two boxes of my summer clothes-they had been on the floor of the barn by the door and rain had blown under the door and soaked them-I've put them in the washer, but I'm afraid some are ruined-the stains look too bad. Some of those were my favorite Saturday night out-to-dinner outfits-I'm pouting, sneezing and sulking all at the same time...
we just can't help it if you are our favorite.....can we??
Of courdse that is why we do it, silly!
Bummer on the clothes - that sucks.
They like me. sniff. ;)
sorry for that bad luck........
The whites can be bleached as for the colored ones.....mmm, let me google my favorite stain removal........
Well, I'm not sure what Heloise would do, but I've started by bleaching the s*** out of the whites on the "heavy soil" cycle in the washer...
Thank you-if I can't get it out of the colored stuff with Shout, I'll order some of that, too.
when is the last time you had so many women paying attention to you....? yeah, that's what i thought... ; )
hope you can salvage your clothes! what a drag!!!
Actually, it would be more correct to ask, when was the last time I had ANY woman paying so much attention to me...
Patton screams out for the "bless your heart" treatment, doesn't he, SG...? ; ) bless yore hart you poor lil neglected thang.
Bite me. And I mean that in the nicest way... LOL.
wouldn't that be nice for you?
I SAID I meant it in the nicest way... ;)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.