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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I think so, too. The most bothersome haircut I ever had was a shag type thing I had in my thirties-you couldn't do anything with it but wear it one way. I don't let anyone near me with scissors-I keep the very top crown and bangs short in a style worn by a lot of military women here who have long hair, but I even cut that myself.
Mine's in the classic victorian parted in the middle...I have a pic of one of my gggrandmothers who wore her hair the same way....
I'm afraid of heights, too, so the entire cliff on our property has a six foot fence 5 feet in from the edge-I've been down on the cliff several times (once on a rapelling rope), but I don't like it one bit. The easiest way to get there is to use that neighbor's stairs halfway then get on the game trail on a rock shelf that leads down at a rather sharp angle to the water.
I love parted in the middle, but I would have to retouch the gray twice a week if I wore it that way...
I flaunt my grey streaks proudly...these last few years, I know I have earned it! For some reason, most of my grey is in the front in one streak...
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