Posted on 07/19/2005 5:34:51 AM PDT by Slip18
Thursday, April 7, 2005
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Subbie Slip has her whip, handcuffs and legcuffs today.
The rest of the stuff is locked up in my drawer. I’m just letting all the new students know that we behave as if we were ladies and gentlemen in here. Those two words “as if” can get you an A if you make the subbie laugh.
Verb/noun:
Pronunciation: tus/el
Etymology: I don’t know.
1) (verb) To struggle, especially roughly or violently: scuffle. Syn: wrestle
2) (Noun) A physical contest or struggle: scuffle
3) A rough argumentor struggle against difficult odds for success.
Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!
A tussel, a tasket, a green and yellow basket ...
Or was that a pistol, a faucet, and a green and yellow casket?
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The WFTD is
I wrote it down two different ways. Where's Braindamage?
I have an excuse, though. It's been 110 degrees plus for the last eight days. We've had three days that have been the highest in recorded history. The sun has fried and tussled my brain.
Oh, A++++ for you for catching Subbie's mistake!
A++++ for you, NnB!
I mean, realistically most of the fantasy type literature deals with magic users on some level be it Tolkien, or David Eddings etc....
A++++ for you, mikrofon.
33. You missed it by one. Could I have a puff on your magic stuff?
Hey, I misspelled the WFTD. What does that make me? Malverbophilic?
Of course.... there... feel better?
i suppose we can quibble over how to characterize them.i haven't read them myself, i am going by what i read that Cardinal Ratzinger said about it. i agree in principle that there is way too much in the way of blurring the distinctions between right and wrong and good and evil. that's what i took him as getting at.
I loved that book. Insomnia. One of his better ones, IMHO.
"ugh" is all I get from you, Cook? That's it? I misspelled the word, for goodness sake. And I get an "ugh"?
Yes, but did it give you insomnia? LOL.
My point is...the blurring doesnt really happen if both protagonist, and antagonist are the same type of character. in this case Magic Users.
Good remains good, and evil, evil.
ok, did you read what Ratzinger said?
I went thru a Stephen King phase in college-early adulthood. Then he just started to disturb me too much. I never read Insomnia, Misery, etc. I literally had to move to a populated part of the house from my bedroom to finish "Pet Sematary". I later wound up with a cat that looked like that after she was hit by a car and lived.
A++++ for you, Truthie!
It's better than being malverbophobic! ;-P
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