Posted on 01/12/2006 5:00:50 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".
dubiety \doo-BY-uh-tee; dyoo-\, noun
1. The condition or quality of being doubtful or skeptical.
2. A matter of doubt.
Example sentences:
Kennedy and O'Connor may think that Title 3 has been violated, but O'Connor and the chief justice are not convinced that the Supreme Court was meant to litigate challenges under that federal statute, and their dubiety here is shared by Justices Scalia and Souter.
--Hadley Arkes, "A Morning at the Court," National Review, December 2, 2000
I want every inconsistency, every dubiety, every ambiguity left in.
--David Maclean, quoted in David Hencke, "Tories plot hunt bill dirty tricks," The Guardian, January 17, 2001
Etymology: Dubiety is from Late Latin dubietas, from Latin dubius, "doubtful, uncertain."
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!
have you been following this? they executed a guilty man...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556911/posts
Poor Timmy Kaine........Marky Mark's attempt at a gift for the incoming Governor backfired - BIG TIME.
I love it myself. The dirtbag lied for years.......wonder how the face to face with the big guy went?
Yeah, me too.
rme!
what is it?
you don't recognize your SENATOR?
OMG..........that is funny. Love the reference to harrypotter stuff.........
I was coming out of the grocery store a few days ago and the "cart guy" had on a coat better suited for Alaska. I didn't even have on a sweater or jacket - it's hard not to laugh sometimes.
I doubt it went very well.....heeheehee!!!
Kiss MAH grits............
"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
Spoken like the true protector of the "common good" that we all know she is. :-|
bite your tongue..........read my lips.........NO MORE SNOW.
Anything is possible in that black mind of hers.
Some people say that that's not Biden own hair. I say that's a damnable lie. You pay $6,000 for something, you own it.
That is hysterical, ti! ROTFLMAO! Where did you find that?
We met in here five years ago. We'll be married five years in June. LOL! His name is Cyber Liberty. You can see him in different areas of the forum. I kind of just stay in WFTD. LOL!
from the thread Joe Biden's Loose Lips
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556689/posts?page=57#57
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