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Word For The Day, Friday, February 03, 2006 - sang-froid
dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | February 03, 2006 | secret garden

Posted on 02/03/2006 4:11:33 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".

sang-froid, also sangfroid \sang-FRWAH\, noun
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; calmness.

Example sentences:

Both men were mightily impressed by the calmness of the Americans on board, particularly among the women. "I had, during my sojourn in America," Beaumont said later, "a thousand occasions to see the sang-froid of the American."
--Michael Kammen, "Wrecked on the Fourth of July," New York Times, July 6, 1997

Gaviria knew Alberto as an impulsive but cordial man capable of maintaining his sangfroid under the most stressful circumstances.
--Gabriel Garcia Marquez, News of a Kidnapping

Etymology: Sang-froid is from the French; it literally means "cold blood" (sang, "blood" + froid, "cold").


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!


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To: Gabz

We'll find a way around it, somehow-perhaps they can be bribed to go somewhere when our house is being shown, since binding and gaging them is frowned upon.

The thing that really pisses me off is that hubby said yesterday that as soon as we have our tax refund he wants to go try to negotiate a price with the neighbor that owns the 2+ acres we like best just up the road and maybe use the refund as a down payment on it so we can close on it, build a barn to move some stuff over there, get it fenced and gated, etc. We found out there is already a complete water system on the place which certainly saves us money-the system on this property cost over 5K to have installed. Now that he is finally getting enthused about building our log dream home, something outrageous has to happen right next door-maybe the spooks told that woman next door to bring her girlfriend to move in (yes, they have been carrying clothes and household goods from her Tahoe and the blonde's SUV for about 1/2 hour now) because they don't want us to leave...


121 posted on 02/04/2006 2:45:34 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Texan5

YIKES..............

Have an exorcism to get rid of the spooks.........or send them next door :(


122 posted on 02/04/2006 3:22:07 PM PST by Gabz
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To: Texan5

Knife and Gun Club -- LMS!

That is just disgusting - and right next door. They could at least take it inside. Perhaps they will go on vacation and the prospective buyers will never see them. Or maybe she will lose the house since he is gone - a lot can change with a divorce. But her with another woman? Yeowwwwwwww. That is just disgusting to see right out your window. I am so sorry for you.


123 posted on 02/04/2006 5:05:50 PM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-forsaken frozen tundra of the Hildebeast.)
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To: Texan5

T5 i cannot believe the crap you have to put up with next door! you need out of there! glad hubby is up for building the dream home. and this time we will be there to see it happen from the ground up!


124 posted on 02/04/2006 5:10:01 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; tioga

what are you ladies doing on FR so late on a Saturday night?


125 posted on 02/04/2006 5:29:14 PM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz

LATE? it's 8:30!!!


126 posted on 02/04/2006 5:34:11 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

LOL!!!!

I know - it just feels like it is so much later because my eyes are burning. But that's from the fumes from making jelly this afternoon.


127 posted on 02/04/2006 5:39:29 PM PST by Gabz
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To: secret garden

Happy Saturday night!

Iran's sang-froid over nuclear testing is making my own blood boil.


128 posted on 02/04/2006 6:31:10 PM PST by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: xsmommy; tioga; Gabz

I'm bored with watching the pre-game stuff, so I decided to print a bid so I don't have to do it tomorrow-and the printer ran out of ink on the first page, so it will have to wait till tomorrow after all. I guess I'll go and get veggies ready to steam, cook angelhair pasta, make salad and season ribs for the grill-then I'll go back to reading my book, if the game hasn't started yet.


129 posted on 02/05/2006 2:19:54 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Texan5

trying to finish up some work stuff too and looking forward to the game. xsbrownie has the PUPPY BOWL on in the other room.


130 posted on 02/05/2006 2:22:00 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Hubby is watching the pre-game stuff upstairs, and I watched something in the kitchen on the history of barbecue on the history channel while I was, coincidentally seasoning the pork ribs. I was not aware that it is an all-American invention that the Europeans had never seen till Columbus and the Spaniards saw the Indians cooking barbecue.


131 posted on 02/05/2006 3:05:39 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: MoochPooch

Yes, supposedly they only want it for energy purposes. I don't believe that for a minute, do you? A for you!


132 posted on 02/05/2006 3:12:54 PM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Texan5; xsmommy; tioga

I didn't bother with the pre-game stuff.............but can't believe I actually stayed at the Lodge for the entire game.

I don't know what I did wrong, but it took over 2 hours for me and Jax to peel the 30 eggs I had boiled for doubled eggs.......I was really sweating it when we were only just starting to fill the eggs at 2, knowing the couple down the road were picking us up at 3.

I didn't have a dog in the fight on this game, and so was very happy that it really was a game.


133 posted on 02/05/2006 8:27:01 PM PST by Gabz
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To: Gabz

It was a good game, I thought. Hubby is from Seattle, so it was a foregone conclusion who he was hoping would win, and I've always liked the Steelers-so we had a friendly rivalry going.


134 posted on 02/06/2006 4:22:38 AM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Texan5

Ugh.


135 posted on 02/06/2006 4:25:16 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Here, have a cup of coffee. You didn't like the game?


136 posted on 02/06/2006 4:39:03 AM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Texan5

Talked engineering and Exxon and pumps and steel and stuff in the kitchen while the game was on. Were at my son's house for birthday cake and presents for the 6-year old, so SB40 was nice, but not the focus of the day.


137 posted on 02/06/2006 4:50:23 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Sounds like more fun than we had-we spent most of the afternoon tracking down why the headlights of the El Camino wouldn't turn on "bright"-we thought it was a short and went through all the wires with a test meter. Then hubby noticed a connector to one of the lamps that looked loose, wiggled it, and voila! Granted, neither of us knows much about electricity, but talk about feeling foolish...


138 posted on 02/06/2006 5:08:17 AM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; xsmommy; Texan5; Gabz; Slip18
6 February 1911

Ronald W. Reagan's birthday

139 posted on 02/06/2006 5:08:34 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.)
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To: TheGrimReaper

A great day in history, today is.


140 posted on 02/06/2006 5:10:59 AM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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