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Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - splenetic
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 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.

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
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: Gabz; All

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


41 posted on 02/22/2006 8:09:27 AM PST by Laura Earl (Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
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To: secret garden

Thank you, my FRiend!


42 posted on 02/22/2006 8:15:19 AM PST by Gabz (Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
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To: Laura Earl

OUCH...........


43 posted on 02/22/2006 8:16:18 AM PST by Gabz (Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
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To: LonePalm

Welcome back!


44 posted on 02/22/2006 8:16:37 AM PST by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: LonePalm

Welcome back, Loney!!


45 posted on 02/22/2006 8:35:51 AM PST by Argh
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To: VRWCmember; xsmommy; Slip18; RikaStrom; Dutchgirl; Knitting A Conundrum; PreviouslyA-Lurker; ...
Hi, Vastie:

The Tele-Prompter Totemkopf have become a One Trick Pony
Trying to create Scandals while ignoring the News
Is puerile, splenetic, lame and phony
With people getting tired of their one sided views

This New generation of coiffed and manicured Opiners
Are nothing more than Big Budgeted, classless whiners
With Ratings Numbers so low they just don't get
That they're driving their audience to opt out for the Net

Jack Deth~ 02/22/06

46 posted on 02/22/2006 8:40:48 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Laura Earl

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.


47 posted on 02/22/2006 8:49:33 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Jack Deth

Hi Jack!


48 posted on 02/22/2006 8:57:56 AM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
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To: PreviouslyA-Lurker

Hi, PAL!

Jack.


49 posted on 02/22/2006 9:00:17 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Gabz; LonePalm; Cyber Liberty
HAPPY ANNIVERSAEY, GABZ & COOLBEEZE!!!


WELCOME BACK, LONEY!!!


Jack.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CYBER!!!

50 posted on 02/22/2006 9:06:21 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Jack Deth

Thank you Jack!!!!


51 posted on 02/22/2006 9:09:37 AM PST by Gabz (Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in you business........SWAT'EM)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Since you mentioned calories:
Suffering Splenda, sends me splendedly splenetic.

52 posted on 02/22/2006 9:16:57 AM PST by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
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To: LonePalm

LOL - Luuuuuuuuuuuuucy - You got some splentic to do!


53 posted on 02/22/2006 9:22:29 AM PST by Enterprise (The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
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To: VRWCmember
The brother of the splenetic Senator Mary Landrieu is running for mayor of New Orleans.

Haven't these people suffered enough?

54 posted on 02/22/2006 9:25:02 AM PST by NeoCaveman (The shark has been jumped, there is no turning back)
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To: Jack Deth

I didn't write the list...didn't you think the cub scout uniform was funny???


55 posted on 02/22/2006 9:26:33 AM PST by Laura Earl (Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
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To: KC Burke

LOL indeed!


56 posted on 02/22/2006 9:28:12 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Laura Earl

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.


57 posted on 02/22/2006 9:38:05 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: Jack Deth

Hello Jack.

Nicely done job! ;)


58 posted on 02/22/2006 9:42:42 AM PST by EsmeraldaA
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To: Jack Deth

The list is one of the best emails I've gotten in WEEKS!!! And yes, your add ons were very nice! :)


59 posted on 02/22/2006 9:50:50 AM PST by Laura Earl (Fitness is a journey not a destination.)
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To: EsmeraldaA

Thank you, Es!

;^)


Jack.


60 posted on 02/22/2006 9:55:06 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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