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Word For The Day, Friday, September 16, 2005 - A Half-baked Tribute To Miss Xenalyte

Posted on 09/16/2005 1:49:00 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. tenebrific [te-ne-BRIF-ic, adjective, from Latin tenebrae, meaning darkness]

1. gloomy

2. causing gloom or darkness

3. Sometimes used poetically to mean "sad"

2. lachrymose [LAK-ri-mose, adjective, from Latin lacrima meaning tear]

1. given to tears or weeping: suffused with tears: tearful

2. fit to bring tears or induce mournfulness: dismal, melancholy

3. lugubrious [pronounced luh-GOOB-bree-yus, adjective, from Latin lugere, to mourn]

1. Expressive of, marked by, or giving rise to grief or sorrow: mournful; especially exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

2. Disposed to gloom: dismal

4. saturnine [SAT-er-nine, adjective, from Latin Saturnus meaning Saturn, perhaps related to its distance from the sun]

1. Born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn: slow, sluggish

2. Of a moody or surly character: morose, sullen, mournful

3. Of or related to lead or lead poisoning

Example sentence:
Later. Maybe.

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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To: patton

Lately, I've been hanging out on the back porch with CG. Only the hummingbirds fight out there.


101 posted on 09/16/2005 12:48:15 PM PDT by Laura Earl (Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
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To: Laura Earl

Sounds nice.


102 posted on 09/16/2005 12:49:46 PM PDT by patton ("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)
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To: patton

And no cover charge. :)


103 posted on 09/16/2005 12:52:44 PM PDT by Laura Earl (Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
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To: Argh; xsmommy; Slip18; Dutchgirl; Knitting A Conundrum; Xenalyte; PreviouslyA-Lurker; ...
Hi, Arghie:

Nice selection of words today.

After nearly forty years
Of the Left and it's intellectuals' tenebrific fears
First it was Russia. Now it's Kyoto, ANWR and caribou deers
One might be lachyrmose, but that end result just keeps falling well short of the mark

The Left will alway need Boogymen
To frighten the supposed malleable lugubrious masses
Though it really hasn't worked for Wolf Blitzer and The MSM
Who have spent the past two weeks looking like saturnine asses!

Jack Deth~ 09/16/05.

104 posted on 09/16/2005 1:32:32 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Argh; xsmommy; Xenalyte

Thanks, y'all!
I'm headed to Topsail Island (Surf City, NC) to celebrate at a friend's beachfront house.

Sorry for the delay, but Fridays are usually my busiest day of the week.

Congratulations, Xenalyte!! I wish you all the happiness in the world.


105 posted on 09/16/2005 1:32:55 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Argh
XENA IS NOT GETTING MARRIED!!!!


XENALYTE IS GETTING MARRIED!!!!

106 posted on 09/16/2005 1:35:05 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Honor - Dignity - Courage - Troll Consumption)
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To: Argh

Home again and I've got dinner all put together to start cooking-all I've got to do is light the grill and turn on the cooktop and microwave. Thank you for the nice grade...


107 posted on 09/16/2005 2:15:32 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Argh; xsmommy

Yeah, the fun left that thread pretty quick.


108 posted on 09/16/2005 2:24:01 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember; Argh; Texan5; secret garden; Hegewisch Dupa; xsmommy; All

I highly recommend the movie "Fever Pitch" with Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore - it is so great - about the 2003 Red Sox................


109 posted on 09/16/2005 2:34:50 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: Jack Deth

Well done, Jack!!


110 posted on 09/16/2005 2:37:30 PM PDT by Argh
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To: Lady Jag
Ahem.

Don't make me issue an

ASH ALERT!

:^)

111 posted on 09/16/2005 2:39:44 PM PDT by Argh
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To: Texan5

Thank you for the nice homework.


112 posted on 09/16/2005 2:40:09 PM PDT by Argh
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I made a note of that-is it available on DVD or is it on Direct TV-neither hubby or I like to go to the theater-and if we did, the nearest movie theater is nearly 30 miles away...


113 posted on 09/16/2005 2:40:12 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Texan5

how are ya? i have been wondering if your looney toon has been up to anything down there lately?


114 posted on 09/16/2005 2:41:41 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Texan5

check your mail, gal ; )


115 posted on 09/16/2005 2:43:41 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Argh; xsmommy; secret garden; Slip18; Gabz; patton

Has anyone else been watching "Rome" on HBO? I know patton watched one episode a couple of weeks ago, and Gabz doesn't get HBO-maybe it is just me, but I much prefer the BBC productions of historical events to any Hollyweird-produced series. And the British sense of humor in the script has me just howling at least two or three times per episode.


116 posted on 09/16/2005 2:46:45 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Texan5

We rented it - just out this week


117 posted on 09/16/2005 2:48:40 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: Lady Jag; Xenalyte; Argh
Congratulations, Xenalyte!!!


I didn't know you and Joxer had a thing going on!


Jack.

118 posted on 09/16/2005 2:51:17 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Thanks-I'll have to go to find it!


119 posted on 09/16/2005 2:58:40 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Xenalyte
no electricity where we'll be

Huh?
And the air conditioning would be run by steam power then? ;-)

120 posted on 09/16/2005 3:03:01 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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