Posted on 08/05/2005 2:04:23 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. habromania
Noun: [from Greek words habros meaning graceful or delicate and mainesthai to be mad]:
a kind of insanity during which the delusions are of a cheerful character
2.quackle [onomatopoeic]
to choke or suffocate
3. uranism [YUR-en-ism: from the Greek Urania, another name for the Greek goddess of sex and love Aphrodite. This is what my 3-volume Websters says. I thought Urania was just the Muse of astronomy. Then there was the Titan Uranus who was the sky god and first ruler. He was the son of Gaea, who created him without help. He then became the husband of Gaea (why the complex is named after Oedipus, who at least didn't know he was marrying his mom, instead of Uranus, is beyond me, but I digress) and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans. His rule ended when when Cronus, encouraged by Gaea, castrated him. He either died from the wound or withdrew from earth.]
a homosexual condition especially when involving physically normal males
4. Friday word:
souteneur [pronounced soo-ten-EUR, from French sustenir to support]
A type of pimp, a man who cohabits with a prostitute, lives off her earnings, and often solicits for her - also called cadet
Example sentence:
Souteneur: think Bill and President Hillary.
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
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habormania
Noun: [from Greek words habros meaning graceful or delicate and mainesthai to be mad]:
a kind of insanity during which the delusions are of a cheerful character
2.quackle [onomatopoeic]
to choke or suffocate
3. uranism
Yes. It's a good thing they cleaned up San Francisco's habormania, else even more of the local population would quackle from drinking the seamen. (Unless they were already offed by malling when they didn't cuddle after having a backside uranism.
Principal Jim Rob is not going to like a proliferation of this sort of thing.
COPYCATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'll stitch yunz a gift bc i know you will appreciate it : )
What about the orb behind Uranus?
saw it. i don't feel it's my place to object, but it is odd to have someone do that. the poster is not a newbie, there is a 1998 signup date, they cannot be oblivious to the fact that there is a standing thread of this nature.
Yep. Posted a link at 100. How's the ankle today Gabz? Better, I hope.
I feel exactly the same way..........expecially when you go into topics and this is listed plain as day on the list of regular threads..........
OOPs.......how I missed your post is beyond me........sorry for the dupication :)
The ankle does seem to be getting better day by day, slowly but surely. thanks for asking.
to be fair, the impression i got from the context of the thread was that she/he thought it was an interesting fact and wanted to call attention to the lapse of that word. however, NEWS? i don't think so. i don't feel that it is going to be a recurring thread, and the only annoyance is that they mimicked our title.
It's almost like retro WFTD, what with the old dictionary being used. That retro stuff is all the rage now
You're probably right - and it sure as heck didn't generate much attention, did it?
although I do agree, it was an interesting word :)
Some retro stuff should've been allowed to just go away. Like cuffed pants. Why any woman would wear capri length jeans with an 8 inch cuff is just beyond me. They look like the Oriental immigrants we used to have in the research labs, the ones who were trying to blend into our culture. They were the same ones who bought Ford Mavericks.
Agreed. At same time there are of course things that ought not have left. Textured hose, for example. Or thin ties (which I refuse to admit are ever out of style - I buy mine on the net and wear them everywhere that Mrs. Dupa can't object to (e.g., if she doesn't me wearing one at a funeral of one of her relatives, so be it).
An aside - while doing some work at a refinery in St. Croix, I found out that the island is thick with Ford Mavericks. For no good reason - I asked. ANd they are in decent condition too. I don't understand what it was all about to this day.
wierd.
To be fair, it was ten years ago though. St. Croix is also a 'drive on the wrong side of the road' place - but I never ever saw a car set-up for left-handed driving there.
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