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
No pushing at the door please!
i think thin ties are cool. good for you.
xsbro's first car was a Ford MAVERICK, that really nice two tone, brown and rust color......
thank you for the encouraging word!
Perhaps we should all add the poster to our roll call ping list so he gets pinged to the REAL WFTD thread every morning.
by the way, another reason to despise lance armstrong what a scumbag.
Finally planted a rose bush that has been on my kitchen window sill for four months. The heat would have killed it. I can't believe it lived inside for that long. It must be a habromaniacal rose.
There's one. LOL!
That's two.
That's a bad No. 3.
Great ones, Cowman!
Cool!
All four words . . . You're something else, T5!
Welcome aboard. I'll put you on my list, too. That's the Tuesday word. Pinging xs and Vastie for their days doing WFTD.
we found the absolute CUTEST dog store in Aspen, so loosh is going to get some souvenirs from the vaca! we will pick him up Sunday i guess, since we won't get in til late tomorrow pm. I HAVE MISSED HIM TERRIBLY!
great. Fox just has on that a DC cabdriver was picked up in NJ for terrorist ties, he was in a training camp in Pakistan.
I really need to send that article to my wife. I'm sure it will be helpful.
For the first time, I read your Profile Page. Hope your dad loved everything you did for him. And I hope you got some water to that cabin.
Lucky for you, you drive yourself to work....
He will be SO excited. I don't know if I could leave Lu for 2 weeks - I don't even like leaving her for a long weekend.
Last weekend she had a playdate with her friend Roxy. Roxy is a boxer who moved with her owners to FL last year. They may be moving back - I hope they do it before their house up the street sells. It's been on the market for a year now-hard to sale an empty house!
I sent mine the Claw Hammer article, and a copy of the Jets schedule.
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