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Word For The Day, Thursday, November 10, 2005 - carceral
dictionaries ad nauseum | November 10, 2005 | secret garden

Posted on 11/10/2005 5:27:45 AM PST by secret garden



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".

carceral • \KAHR-suh-rul\ • adjective
of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison


Example sentence:
When James first glimpsed his new campus, he thought there was something rather carceral about the school's tall wrought-iron fence.

Etymology: Describing a painting of John Howard visiting a prison in 1787, writer Robert Hughes reminds us that Howard was "the pioneer of English carceral reform" (Time Magazine, November 11, 1985). Huges might have said "prison reform," but what about Vladimir Nabokov, when, in his inimitable prose, he describes a prison scene in Invitation to a Beheading: "The door opened, whining, rattling and groaning in keeping with all the rules of carceral counterpoint." Here we find "carceral" not only practical but practically poetical. An adjective borrowed directly from Late Latin, "carceral" appeared shortly after "incarcerate" ("to imprison"), which first showed up in English around the mid-1500s; they're both ultimately from "carcer," Latin for "prison."

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

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!


TOPICS: Word For The Day
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To: dubyaismypresident

My guess is if she came on to you in a bar you would play along. Good old MODO, good for some laughs. ;)


221 posted on 11/10/2005 10:18:46 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

I think she's annoy me too much. It's her personality that makes her unattractive.


222 posted on 11/10/2005 10:19:48 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Good job Ohio, we defeated George Soros at the ballot box 2 years in a row)
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To: Felicity Fahrquar; theDentist

I have never had nitrous oxide. Cyber swears by it.


223 posted on 11/10/2005 10:23:00 AM PST by Slip18 (Pranging is not for everyone.)
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To: dubyaismypresident; tioga

She received her bachelor's degree at Catholic College in 1973. So she was probably born circa 1950-1953.


224 posted on 11/10/2005 10:27:02 AM PST by Slip18 (Pranging is not for everyone.)
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To: dubyaismypresident; Slip18
An excerpt from page 201 of Mary Mape's new book:

Within minutes of Buckhead's original posting, Freepers began to repeat and embellish Buckhead's thoughts. Not surprisingly, they all agreed with him, they all agreed with one another, and they all agreed this should be pursued aggressively. Freethinkers they are not. The Freepers and their lockstep like-minded fellow travelers moved as a group, like a school of sharks sweeping toward an unaware and unarmed victim. CBS was like some sunburned, overweight Florida tourist with a cut foot, floundering and flapping in the water alone in the surf. The Freepers swarmed CBS not because it was right or fair but because they could.

On Web sites such as Powerline, INDC Journal, Allahpundit, and Spacetownusa, the bravehearts of the blogging world worked anonymously in what appeared to be huge numbers, in unison, to destroy the Bush-Guard story, to uphold one another's wild and hateful claims, to outshout, outargue, and outblog anyone who dared to disagree. And on their Web sites there is no disagreement. They hate in unison, they speak with one angry voice, they each make themselves bigger by staying as close together as possible.

Mary, Mary quite contrary........you think she would have learned something from her wild ride to obscurity. She's a bitter old fool.

225 posted on 11/10/2005 10:30:30 AM PST by tioga
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To: Slip18

Gee, that makes her around my age. Yep, she's officially and old spinster.


226 posted on 11/10/2005 10:31:38 AM PST by tioga
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To: Slip18
Cyber is right.

Ordinarily, I don't need it. But my doc knew I was going to be there for a while and needed to make sure I stayed as still as possible while they were working, ergo the nitrous. I brought my MP3 player, put on the headphones, and all but dozed through it.

Jaw's still sore from all the prodding around, but it's manageable. On the whole, a very easy time of it in the chair.

227 posted on 11/10/2005 10:36:07 AM PST by Felicity Fahrquar
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To: Slip18; xsmommy; Gabz; Texan5
The guys will all be there soon. 10 Women Busted in Under-cover Escort Services. Scroll through the thread and check out the series of mug shots showing how quickly they age on meth on the streets.......gees, just freaky.
228 posted on 11/10/2005 10:39:40 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

horrifying


229 posted on 11/10/2005 10:41:11 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Slip18; Felicity Fahrquar
What goes on behind theDentist's doors
stays behind theDentist's doors.

.... until I can negotiate a good deal for with Vivid Video.

230 posted on 11/10/2005 10:42:59 AM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: xsmommy
Here's a book for Christmas.

Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't listening," the saying goes. When did the world stop wanting to hear? When did society stop valuing basic courtesy and respect? It's a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says it's now reached the boiling point. Taking on the boorish behavior that for some has become a point of pride, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for civility.

When did "please" and "thank you" become passe"? When you call a "customer service" number, why does the burden of deciphering the automatic switchboard fall to you (and where are the real people, when you, the customer, need service)? Why do people behave as if public spaces are their own chip-strewn living rooms? Perhaps most importantly, how has it come to be that we are not allowed to object? Call someone out on rude or disrespectful behavior and you're likely to get an "Eff off" or worse. In a recent U.S. survey, 79 percent of adults said that lack of courtesy was a serious problem. For all of those fed up with anti-social behavior and suffering in silence, realize that you are the

231 posted on 11/10/2005 10:50:09 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

i don't know Ti, one of xsboy's hockey team mates gets a lot of fouls, bc he cannot control his anger when he gets horked by an opposing player. i told xsboy if i could just smack the people that irritated me in my daily life, with impunity, my arms would be whirling like a dang windmill. : )


232 posted on 11/10/2005 10:52:14 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

Lynne Truss has a new book?? Huzzah! She should be the patron Grammar Goddess of the WFTD thread.


233 posted on 11/10/2005 10:57:33 AM PST by Felicity Fahrquar
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To: tioga

I don't need to look at the thread.........I've seen those mug shots showing the ravages of meth. Very depressing.


234 posted on 11/10/2005 11:19:20 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz

It looks like a good educational tool to keep kids off drugs.....scared clean. Works for me.


235 posted on 11/10/2005 11:20:48 AM PST by tioga
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To: Felicity Fahrquar; tioga; xsmommy
Thread about the book........

Punctuation cop turns ire on bad manners

236 posted on 11/10/2005 11:21:17 AM PST by Gabz
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To: Felicity Fahrquar

I still have her first book on my list. Guess I am waiting for it to hit the discount shelves. This one sounds good. I just finished "You, the Owner's Manual". It was a good read, I kept it in my car and would read it while lunching out alone. It was good company.


237 posted on 11/10/2005 11:22:24 AM PST by tioga
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To: tioga

Good point.


238 posted on 11/10/2005 11:22:26 AM PST by Gabz
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To: secret garden

Hoping the thugs in France enjoy a carceral experience.


239 posted on 11/10/2005 12:58:54 PM PST by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: secret garden

Home for the day, and maybe off tomorrow if one of my customers has to go to work instead of being home so I can measure her kitchen for new flooring-

The CIA has sprung another leak-
Or was it really the press?
Was it shared over a tidbit at lunch?
No, don't tell me-let me guess

Rather than another outing promoted
By a husband with a devious mind
This one has them conducting operations
Of a clandestine and carceral kind

And in Eastern Europe, no less
Evoking shades of Siberia without spring
If they're keeping terrorists snowbound
Those prisons can't be such a bad thing

SG, if I tried to locate and hide all the jingly toys at bedtime, I'd be up till 2-the pets have secret caches of them behind and under nearly every piece of furniture in the house, including the TV stand in the kitchen...


240 posted on 11/10/2005 1:21:07 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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