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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Good night, in German.
Good night (in English) to both of you - I'm totally out of here now...........
I'm Russian........ ;^)
Thank you, Miss Slip!
my front yard is a 45 degree angle. i live here, you have seen it 3x max. i think i would know. RME.
yes that is exactly what it looked like. but he only wears a hat when he plays golf. it flips up regardless.
it is amazing to me that we have so many girls in this class with waist length hair, T5, slippy and knitting. That would drive me nuts!
"retrieve his mangled corpse from the foot of the cliff!"
He would probably have gotten stuck in the trees growing on the side of the cliff before he hit the water at the bottom.
When hubby saw the mangled shrubs, yard and flower beds he just shook his head and muttered "this guy is definately a Darwin nominee". The wife was sure pissed, too-I listened to her from the side deck while the meat was grilling until they went inside where the windows were closed and the AC was on. She called him an f'ing idiot at least four times.
poor guy, almost killed himself and then berated by the wife.
teaches ya that to avoid nagging - do things right the first time
i never nag : )
Hair length should be to the desire of the individual, even a child, I think. I have gone through all the short and medium styles and decided I prefer mine long-I like the fact that there are so many different hairdos to choose from. I don't wear it loose to work, and sometimes I put it into an up-do with bun covers, clips, etc when we go to the la-de-da restaurant on the other side of the lake-but I wear it down in winter when I'm not at work because it keeps me warm.
xs is right-it isn't nagging-it is constructive criticism. You must admit that using a riding mower on a steeply sloping yard that ends in an unfenced 100 foot cliff is worthy of criticism...
It's easy to take care of...I just twist it up in a bun, slip a hair tie over it and voila...hair off my neck and sholders...Easier to care for than most short cuts.
i gotta tell you, i am so afraid of heights that instead of being mad about the flower beds, i would just be glad he didn't go off the edge! just thinking about it gives me the heebie jeebies!
i spend very little time on my hair. wash it, blow it dry in a few minutes and am ready to go. i never wear my hair up, i never have even when it was long, so it would be way too hot. my hair is very thick and heavy and a mess of it hanging around me would drive me nuts.
Yep, my hair is heavy and thick too...I never blow dry mine...it's up most of the time. Surprises people if I wear it down and they see how long it is.
; )
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