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 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!
We're not getting them, are we? They will be deported where, I wonder. No one wants them.
Good morning, Whyisa! 
were you east for awhile? home come you din't come see me?
It's too hard to decide....may I have an Irish coffee?
You're being a bad boy this morning, W, but twoothful. Sorry, xs.
Nope, wasn't back east, but I done told ya: We can never meet now.
I'd be too embarassed.
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Mayan, Belize?
That's the small pot. Extra boozo in the top drawer of SG's desk.
Why?
yer a scaredy cat, ya jagoof ; )
he has sent me nude pix....
Good morning everybody!
Marteen is a "jagoof" and not a "jagoff"?
I'm not the drinker I used to be....... don't need much. Thanks though
OMG! Why didn't I get a photo? LOL!
Good morning, Fierce! Coffee urns are up above.
It's there in case I need it on Tuesday. LOL! I don't drink coffee. Just the stuff in the drawer.
Good morning
Did you fly into John Wayne Airport in Orange County? You have to come straight in. It's like a roller coaster. Taking off is even worse.
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