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.
Subject: Brokeback Grocery List
Weekly Grocery List for
Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist
Summer, 1962
WEEK ONE
Beans
Bacon
Coffee
Whiskey
WEEK TWO
Beans
Ham
Coffee
Whiskey
WEEK THREE
Beans
Bacon
Coffee
Whiskey
K-Y
WEEK FOUR
Beans
Pancetta
Coffee (espresso grind)
Whiskey
2 tubes K-Y
WEEK FIVE
Fresh Fava beans
Jasmine rice
Prosciutto, approx. 8 ounces, thinly sliced
Medallions of veal
Porcini mushrooms
1/2 pint of heavy whipping cream
1 Cub Scout uniform, size 42 long
5-6 bottles good Chardonnay
1 large bottle Astro-glide
WEEK SIX
Yukon Gold potatoes
Heavy whipping cream
Asparagus (very thin)
Eggs
Lemons
Gruyere cheese (well aged)
Walnuts
Arugula
Butter
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
6 yards white silk organdy
6 yards pale ivory taffeta
Case of Chardonnay
Large tin Crisco
Thank you, my FRiend!
OUCH...........
Welcome back!
Welcome back, Loney!!
Hi, Laura Earl:
There's just a smidge too much detail in that Shopping List.
I know, it's hard to get your mind out of the gutter when the rest of your body's attached... But that list is just plain Creepy!
Besides, you left out the Tu-Tu, ballet slippers and fan belt.
Jack.
Hi Jack!
Hi, PAL!
Jack.
Thank you Jack!!!!
Suffering Splenda, sends me splendedly splenetic.
LOL - Luuuuuuuuuuuuucy - You got some splentic to do!
Haven't these people suffered enough?
I didn't write the list...didn't you think the cub scout uniform was funny???
LOL indeed!
I thought the Cub Scout Uniform was a Hoot, Miss Laura.
I was just being facetious. Though the Tu-Tu, ballet slippers and fanbelt are nice add-ons.
Jack.
Hello Jack.
Nicely done job! ;)
The list is one of the best emails I've gotten in WEEKS!!! And yes, your add ons were very nice! :)
Thank you, Es!
;^)
Jack.
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