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Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - splenetic
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| 02/22/2006
| The Janitor
Posted on 02/22/2006 5:44:56 AM PST by VRWCmember
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".
splenetic \splih-NET-ik\ adjective
marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
Example sentence:
Phil's review of the book was written with a harsh, splenetic tone that did little to conceal his preexisting grudge against the author.
Did you know?
In early Western physiology, a person's physical qualities and mental disposition were believed to be determined by the proportion of four bodily humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. The last of these, associated with feelings of intense sadness, was believed to be secreted by the spleen. This now-discredited association explains how, in the mid-16th century, use of "splenetic" (deriving from the Late Latin "spleneticus" and the Latin "splen," meaning "spleen") came to mean "given to melancholy" as well as "of or relating to the spleen." In later years, the meaning of "splenetic" shifted to refer more to feelings of ill humor or malevolence, and eventually the "melancholy" sense fell out of use.
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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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
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Happy Birthday Cyber Liberty!!
Miss Slippy brought your cake this morning.
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To: VRWCmember
It would appear that VRWC's keyboard had a splenetic repetitious attack.
21
posted on
02/22/2006 6:37:49 AM PST
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(More people died in Ted Kennedy's car than hunting with Dick Cheney.)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
Just making sure I got everybody pinged.
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posted on
02/22/2006 6:38:39 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
To: VRWCmember
23
posted on
02/22/2006 6:39:56 AM PST
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(More people died in Ted Kennedy's car than hunting with Dick Cheney.)
To: VRWCmember; Slip18; Cyber Liberty
Please NO ONE tell Cyber that he shares his b'day with Fat Ted..it will ruin it for him!!!!!
24
posted on
02/22/2006 6:43:13 AM PST
by
Laura Earl
(Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
To: AxelPaulsenJr; VRWCmember
-after reading your taglines...........I see you two are both hunting buddies of our esteemed VP.
25
posted on
02/22/2006 6:44:21 AM PST
by
tioga
(Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
To: Laura Earl; Cyber Liberty; Slip18
Yeoooooooooowwwwwww. It's fatteddy's birthday today....guard the cake - that porker doesn't need any of your cake Cyber.
26
posted on
02/22/2006 6:50:02 AM PST
by
tioga
(Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
To: tioga; Laura Earl; coolbreeze; Cyber Liberty; VRWCmember
I'll get everyone's mind off of fat teddy - and back on track where it belonogs.
I never forget Cyber's birthday, cause today is my and coolbreeze's anniversary!!!!
27
posted on
02/22/2006 6:58:30 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Laura Earl; Cyber Liberty
But he also shares his birthday with the original George W (our first President).
28
posted on
02/22/2006 7:00:39 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
To: tioga
And my breakfast thanks you, since it can now stay down. :-)
29
posted on
02/22/2006 7:06:21 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: Gabz
OOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhh......Happy Anniversary!
Enjoy!
30
posted on
02/22/2006 7:06:38 AM PST
by
tioga
(Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
To: Gabz
31
posted on
02/22/2006 7:09:48 AM PST
by
Laura Earl
(Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
To: VRWCmember; Cyber Liberty
We are never splenetic about birthdays. We celebrate each and every one!
Happy Birthday Cyber!
It's a combo birithday/king cake!
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posted on
02/22/2006 7:10:54 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: Cyber Liberty
Okay, not a birithday cake, just a simple birthday cake.
Note to self - when you hit preview, don't forget to actually DO it!
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posted on
02/22/2006 7:12:23 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: Laura Earl; tioga
Thank you ladies. It's a good thing our plans are for Friday and not today..........we are both down with the cold from hades.
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posted on
02/22/2006 7:16:13 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
To: Gabz; coolbreeze
Happy Anniversary to both of you!
35
posted on
02/22/2006 7:16:46 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: VRWCmember
I'm Spleneticus!
36
posted on
02/22/2006 7:20:22 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(No, I'M spleneticus...)
To: Cyber Liberty
Sun Yat Fai Lok
Joyeux Anniversaire
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag
Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu
Feliz Cumpleaños
Wszystkiego NajlepszegoHappy Birthday, Cyber!
37
posted on
02/22/2006 7:36:35 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Sto Lat)
To: VRWCmember
Splenetic? Isn't that Howard Dean's middle name?
38
posted on
02/22/2006 7:51:59 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: VRWCmember
islam is a splenetic example of a religion of peace...
39
posted on
02/22/2006 8:04:43 AM PST
by
null and void
(That 12 jurors can overturn the leviathan of "The Law" strikes fear into statists across this nation)
To: VRWCmember; Cyber Liberty; xsmommy; Slip18; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; camle
Happy Birthd- Ow! I burned myself.
40
posted on
02/22/2006 8:06:30 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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