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!
The front page sported an article about kids returning to school. These are a few of the "professionally written" comments:
Your child should know their full name, address and phone number.
They should know how to deal with situations that may arise while he is alone.
He should know to not open the door if someone knocks in any situation. He should not open the door even if they say they are a policeman.
Make sure he knows how to call 911 and know how to get out of the house in case of a fire.
Another topic regarded deed restrictions - I loved this tidbit: Please remember that out (not a typo on my part) community is viewed as a whole entity and residents that choose to continue to violate these rules not only cause problems between neighbors but in essence devalue the other homes in the area due to a lack of negligence on their part as a resident in the community.
open and obvious....
Congrats!
Haha - I've got some chinch bugs I could loan them - they take care of a yard pretty quickly
Some more highlights from the study:
Ninety-seven percent of men and 98 percent of women aged 25 to 44 have had vaginal intercourse.
Ninety percent of men and 88 percent of women reported having had oral sex with an opposite-sex partner.
Forty percent of men and 35 percent of women have had anal sex with an opposite-sex partner.
Men aged 30 to 44 reported an average of six to eight female sexual partners so far while women reported about four. This is similar to studies conducted in the early 1990s.
About 6.5 percent of men aged 25 to 44 have had oral or anal sex with another man. Three percent of males 15 to 44 years have had oral or anal sex with another male in the last 12 months (1.8 million people).
Eleven percent of women aged 25 to 44 reported having had a sexual experience with another woman. Four percent of females reporting having a sexual experience with another female in the last 12 months.
Six percent of males and 11 percent of females had had same-sex contact in their lifetimes. While this percentage remains relatively unchanged for men since the early 1990s, the proportion of women has soared unexpectedly from 4 or 5 percent to 14 percent among women aged 18 to 29. "We may want to consider the possibility that women are trying to reduce their risk of STDs," Mosher said.
Ninety percent of men aged 18 to 44 thought of themselves as heterosexual, 2.3 percent as homosexual. 1.8 percent bisexual and 3.9 percent "something else" while the rest did not answer the question. The numbers were almost exactly the same for women.
Twenty-nine percent of men who had ever had sexual contact with another man were tested for HIV in the past year compared with 14 percent of men with no same-sex contact.
Seventeen percent of men who had ever had sexual contact with another male had been treated for a non-HIV STD, compared with 7 percent of those who had never had male-on-male sexual contact.
Among men 15 to 44 who had at least one sexual partner in the last 12 months, 39 percent used a condom at their most recent encounter. The figure was 65 percent among never-married males and 24 percent among married males.
Ninety-one percent of males who had ever had sexual contact with another male used a condom the last time they had sex, compared with 36 percent of men who never had sex with another male.
you rock! that is perfect!!
So that means that at least 3% of queer men got lucky with a woman? Ick
well my bold text puts the lie to the boys in this class and their fantasies of sappho action. 11% is quite a low percentage of HETERO women having girl on girl. david spade lies.
Good. I wasn't sure who was supposed to lead, me or the table.
Most of the guys in here would never have even read the highlighted portion because once they got to the gay sex stuff they would have quit reading............
Congrats!
Congrats Xena.
You gals need to throw a lingerie shower for xena here in class today. And all gifts MUST be modeled.
Are you Volunteering ????
J/K!!!!!!!
no, but that's funny.
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