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!
now that would be MY team, but marteen went to some lame@$$ school that didn't play sports...
LOL! When I first saw the WFTD, I thought it was "cereal," too.
thank you ma'am, may I have another....
A reluctant A+. First dubs with Doris Day and now you with the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Must purge brain...seeking appropriate music now...
wouldn;t it figure HD would like that song, i have always hated it. that and Cat in the Cradle.
Wishing you a soft landing!
I've never been able to drink water without something in it. Usually Scotch. LOL!
Good morning to you!
So water with some sort of caffeine in it or something? Darn it, that was going to be my invention!
RMFE, too! We all know the "real" you! LOL!
Hi Gabz!
Woo-hoo!!! An A+ for thirty-year-old news!!!!!! God I hope you are the teach come December 7th....
I'll have you know we played in the 1922 Rose Bowl.
Of course it was their favorite. They're magically delicious!
no caffeine in propel, but i have had caffeinated water in the past, i don't think that made it in the marketplace though. i think it was called aquaJOE or something like that.
Howdy ladies :)
Today put your hatred for the song back in your knitting basket or Hello Kitty drawer or wherever it's best stored, and just respect The 29.
Nope. That's a Wednesday.
you're serious?
I love old pictures like that Martin -
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