Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - threnody

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 05/25/2005 | The Janitor

[VRWCmember]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

threnody \THREN-uh-dee\ noun

a song of lamentation for the dead; elegy

Example sentence:
In the opera's final scene, the leading lady sings a threnody to mourn the murdered king.

Did you know?
"Threnody" encompasses all genres. There are great threnodies in prose (such as the lines from Charles Dickens' _Bleak House_ upon the death of Little Jo: "Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead..."), in poetry (as in W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues": "The stars are not wanted now: put out every one, / Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun..."), and in music (Giovanni Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater," for one). "Threnody," which we borrowed from the Greek word "threnoidia" (from "threnos," the word for "dirge"), has survived in English since the early 1600s. "Melody" and "tragedy" are related to "threnody" through the Greek root that forms their ending -- "aeidein," which means "to sing." By the same token, "comedy" is related as well.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[secret garden2]

Howdy dubs! Here's my homework : Sowell and I agree this morning and voice a threnody for republican cojones in the Senate. Oh where, oh where have the little guys gone?

[secret garden2]

Please help me to retain my former account. I emailed TPTB last night about sending me a new password but my impatience made me register again this morning while I waited. I would prefer to go back to the original account, if possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you and I promise to SAVE that email this time!

secret garden

[xsmommy]

i think the newbie is begging to be zotted, don't you...? ; )

[TheGrimReaper]

mooring

[xsmommy]

did you see we have a secretgarden-wannabe trying to usurp the place of our good friend SG...; )

[xsmommy]

a threnody for Venezuela appears to be in order. "Don't nuke us, Hugo Chavez", sung to the tune don't cry for me argentina, perhaps?

[Gabz]

i think the newbie is begging to be zotted, don't you...? ; )

Let's see if the newbie passes the "sniff" test!!!!

[TheGrimReaper]

I think a strip-search is in order......
8-]

[TheGrimReaper]

Can we just refer to you as "Number 2" for the time being?

[Argh]

Welcome to Zotland, troll! Before you get blasted into infinity, kindly tell us what you have done with my great and good friend, Miss Garden Un.

:^)

[P.O.E.]

McCain would probably be thrilled to sing threnodies on Hardball after driving the Republicans off the cliff.

[secret garden2]

I would be happy to do that as soon as I finish impressing upon you people the necessity fo securing our borders against the hordes! Oh yeah, and vaccines are a UN plot!

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!!!!!!

[xsmommy]

i don't know, you sound like a Bilderburger to me... or was that Build-a_bear... ROR!

[secret garden2]

I'd prefer Dos Equis. ;)

[aShepard]

Just as a threnody was being written for the Senate democrats, along comes McCain and pulls a wuss!

[Argh]

If you've ever heard Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima you know that music can sound like what radiation burns must feel like. (An early critic of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto wrote that finally someone had written music that stinks in the ear, but that critic was patently insane. As opposed to me and my radiation burns). Although to be fair to Mr. Penderecki (pronounced I believe TRISCHtoff penderETSskee, but my Polish isn't all it should be) I understand he named the piece after he composed it, like Debussy did with his piano preludes.

[gwmoore]

Goood Morning secret2 (ya newbie you( l-)

I will rise up in a threnody of grief stricken ululation for the loss of all your data and your persona.

While I compose said threnody, allow me to point you to an answer to a question you asked about why someone would need two sound cards in a computer.. I posted the comment in Monday's WFTD, but don't know if you got pinged for it or not,

if you didn't, the link is HERE . If you have already read it, please disregard the link ;-)....

Anyhow, VRWC, that's my homework, know ya don't grade ;_ but it does fit in with the news of the day, since secret has lost identity and persona, it is only right to compose a threnody of lament for same.

Ok, xs, and all, today, gwmoore is pleased...girlchild has met someone...probably the only Republican Conservative in the whole Peoples Republic of New Jersey, and is actually going out with him.... hurrah!!! progress at last!!! the "sitting around the house with great lament" stage is over, thank God. Even though she was abused, there are wondrous things at work... her first marriage was civil, therefore, as far as the Church is concerned, she was never married...no priest was involved... The guy she met ( and is serious about, BTW) is very much like gwmoore (Navy, carrier,motorcycles, "checkered youth" etc etc but a Republican!! Conservative!!! in the PRNJ/ Unbelievable!!!)... a genuine nice guy..... gwmoore approves of him....He too, while divorced, also had a civil wedding the first go round, so he too, in the eyes of the Church, never married......

OPNOTE: I do believe I'm rushing things here, but should events progress in the (hopefully) correct direction, maybe I can have things done up right this time!!!!!! Sheesh, one can always hope....

Sri to go off topic, but gw is excited for girlchild, as he sees positive signs..Now, I got to get them both posting on FR so I can get a real handle on their true views [espionage grin]...girlchild is already trinity1 so she can post immediately, but I don't know if this guy knows about this excellent site or not......LOL....

OK, end of OT discussion, and back to singing the threnody for secret's FR identity.....

Greg

[Argh]

Y'all forgot water fluoridation.

[TheGrimReaper]

A caller to the local morning talk radio (hate radio?) show asked this penetrating question:

A few short years ago, democrats couldn't define the word "IS" -- Now we're supposed to trust them with "extraordinary"??

Indeed.