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Word For The Day, Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - nemesis
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 10/05/2005 | The Janitor

Posted on 10/05/2005 5:46:32 AM PDT by VRWCmember



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".

nemesis \NEM-uh-siss\ noun

1a. one that inflicts retribution or vengeance
1b. a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent *
2a. an act or effect of retribution
2b. a source of harm or ruin; curse

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence:
The team will be facing their longtime nemesis in the very first round of the playoffs.

Did you know?
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance, a deity who doled out rewards for noble acts and punishment for evil ones. The Greeks believed that Nemesis didn't always punish an offender immediately but might wait generations to avenge a crime. In English, "nemesis" originally referred to someone who brought a just retribution, but nowadays people are more likely to see animosity than justice in the actions of a nemesis.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


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
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)


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To: VRWCmember; Conspiracy Guy

Laptop LE is here operating sans mouse. That darling CG is buying me one today.


81 posted on 10/05/2005 7:40:48 AM PDT by Laura Earl (Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
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To: TheBigB

A++++


82 posted on 10/05/2005 7:41:09 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (Wanna be on my CE ping list? Say the word!)
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To: VRWCmember

Instead of being a nemesis to the Democrats, many of the Pubbies got it backwards and act as a bunch of sissy men...


83 posted on 10/05/2005 7:41:47 AM PDT by mikrofon (sis-e-men ....... sort of)
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To: Laura Earl

You are a lucky girl, and he's a lucky guy.


84 posted on 10/05/2005 7:41:47 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (Wanna be on my CE ping list? Say the word!)
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To: dubyaismypresident

Great story dubs. Mapes is a certifiable idiot.


85 posted on 10/05/2005 7:42:07 AM PDT by VRWCmember (hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
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To: TheBigB; Fierce Allegiance

86 posted on 10/05/2005 7:42:28 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Killing FR threads proudly since 1997)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

*bows*


87 posted on 10/05/2005 7:42:44 AM PDT by TheBigB (I propose banning anyone who starts a thread with the words, "I just got this in an email...")
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To: VRWCmember
Great story dubs. Mapes is a certifiable idiot.

I love the line where she says "before this I had never heard of freerepublic, powerline, or little green footballs". Someone that out of touch shouldn't be working in media.

88 posted on 10/05/2005 7:43:20 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (trust but verify)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
1) Waitress may just have been awed speechless by your hotness, or

2) She was waiting for the other shoe to drop (the grits on the side order), or,

3) Both

89 posted on 10/05/2005 7:43:59 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Hegewisch Dupa
Martin, do you eat Chicken fried steak?

Not very often.

Only every chance I get.

< |:)~

90 posted on 10/05/2005 7:44:02 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Killing FR threads proudly since 1997)
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To: mikrofon
Instead of being a nemesis to the Democrats, many of the Pubbies got it backwards and act as a bunch of sissy men...

Absolutely.

91 posted on 10/05/2005 7:44:15 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (trust but verify)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; martin_fierro; Hegewisch Dupa

I was with several friends at a J.T. McCords one evening when I was in college. The waiter informed us that they were out of chicken so none of the "chicken" dishes were available that night. My buddy said "What about chicken fried steak?" as a joke, but the waiter said "Hold on a minute, let me check" and scurried off to the kitchen. We all laughed at his stupidity, and then he returned a minute later to reassure us that chicken fried steak WAS available. We all ordered hamburgers.


92 posted on 10/05/2005 7:45:46 AM PDT by VRWCmember (hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
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To: VRWCmember

I wonder what she thought the hot dogs were made of?


93 posted on 10/05/2005 7:47:07 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
I'd say more like, it was 1976 and this waitress had never heard of chicken fried steak......... ;^)

Thanks though..... I'll send the check via overnight mail

94 posted on 10/05/2005 7:47:21 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: Laura Earl

And a wireless Router.


95 posted on 10/05/2005 7:47:26 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. The DNC is his first stop.)
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To: TheBigB
You gotta check out my new thread:

Here

I just got it in email :)

96 posted on 10/05/2005 7:47:37 AM PDT by Gabz
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
and the waitress just stared at me........ ;^)

She was thinking "Damn, I wonder if mine will ever be that magnificent. That girl is just a teenager?"

97 posted on 10/05/2005 7:48:25 AM PDT by VRWCmember (hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
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To: martin_fierro; TheBigB; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Argh; VRWCmember; Hegewisch Dupa
Dane fights for state funded sex

Actual title. I kid you not.

98 posted on 10/05/2005 7:49:31 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (trust but verify)
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To: VRWCmember; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Hegewisch Dupa

Heart Attack On A Plate.

But a yummy one.

99 posted on 10/05/2005 7:49:37 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Killing FR threads proudly since 1997)
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To: dubyaismypresident; Conspiracy Guy

Reminds me of the joke with the punchline "He has a better medical plan."


100 posted on 10/05/2005 7:52:08 AM PDT by VRWCmember (hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
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