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Word For The Day, Thursday, February 23, 2006 - repugn
dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | February 23, 2006 | secret garden

Posted on 02/23/2006 4:47:01 AM PST by secret garden

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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".

repugn • \rih-PYOON\ • verb
: to contend against : oppose

Example sentence:
"First and chief. . . . let the others repugn as they will: all Titles of Nobility, from Duke to Esquire, or lower, are henceforth abolished." (Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History)

Etymology: "Repugn" is a word that was relatively common in English in the 16th and 17th centuries. These days, however, English speakers are more likely to be familiar with one of its close relatives, namely, the adjective "repugnant," which formerly meant "hostile" but today most commonly means "exciting distaste or aversion." The Latin root for both of these words is "pugnare," meaning "to fight." Other English derivatives from this root are "pugnacious," meaning "belligerent," and "impugn," meaning "to assail with words or arguments." Even "pungent" is a relative of "pugnare." Therefore, don't try to repugn, or impugn for that matter, the influence of "pugnare" on our language—lest you appear pugnacious!

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: Texan5

A+ for you. Maybe it's one of those obnoxious little Fast gremlins they've been advertising on TV. I cannot stand those commercials. Those robots are possessed.


41 posted on 02/23/2006 5:52:24 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: TheGrimReaper

A+ for the Reaper!


42 posted on 02/23/2006 5:52:49 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden; TheGrimReaper; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; hobbes1; dubyaismypresident

i forgot to tell you guys that when i left for the airport, by cab, on Tues AM. i had an arab cabdriver (big surprise) he was very chatty. he had talk radio on. we started talking about the cancelled death by lethal injection case. I said that i thought it was ridiculous and he agreed, saying that SAUDI ARABIA has no such problems with crime bc under SHARIA law they will just KILL YOU! so after hearing him sing the praises of sharia law, we went on to the war in Iraq! he was fairly appalled to hear that i AGREE with it, etc. He spewed every leftwing line on it, NO weapons of mass destruction, Bush is inciting others to get nuclear weapons, it is better if everyone has nuclear weapons bc then everyone is deterred. Bush is using wiretaps unlawfully, he is a dictator! it was unbelievable. After i was on the plane i thought, gee, maybe i should nto have been so forthright in my disagreement with him, HE KNOWS WHERE I LIVE~!!@


43 posted on 02/23/2006 6:11:10 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: secret garden
At least one Massachusset student is repugned by fat teddy. He shouted, "Remember Chappaquiddick" as he exited from a speech - then the security details got his name and told him to expect to be discplined. Gutsy kid.
44 posted on 02/23/2006 6:15:00 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
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To: xsmommy; secret garden; martin_fierro
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45 posted on 02/23/2006 6:19:48 AM PST by VRWCmember (You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
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To: xsmommy
You are armed right? LOL

The Pakistanis have moved in behind me and down the street...in fact they are all over my hill........there is still one bumper sticker on their car that says "Ashcroft is listening" - I laugh every time I see it.
46 posted on 02/23/2006 6:20:57 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
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To: xsmommy
HE KNOWS WHERE I LIVE~!!@

But YOU probably know a couple of good immigration lawyers who could have his @$$ deported in under 15 minutes.

47 posted on 02/23/2006 6:21:50 AM PST by VRWCmember (You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
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To: VRWCmember; xsmommy

I wish I knew someone.........immigration lawyers, huh? The most annoying thing is they leave their kids here to party while they spend six months out of country........back home, which they never seem to want to identify.


48 posted on 02/23/2006 6:24:50 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
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To: secret garden

LOL!


49 posted on 02/23/2006 6:24:52 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: VRWCmember

not before he bombed my house! i have no idea what his name was, couldn't find him again if i tried~!


50 posted on 02/23/2006 6:25:12 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

i always thought it was odd the types of furriners you have in upstate NY. lots of bosnians as well, at least around Syracuse, Utica etc.


51 posted on 02/23/2006 6:26:01 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

A+ for you. Good for the kid.


52 posted on 02/23/2006 6:26:15 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: xsmommy
Russians, Pakistanis and Indians....we are multicultural.
53 posted on 02/23/2006 6:29:21 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
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To: xsmommy; TheGrimReaper
GETCHA BIGASS FONT HERE!

Don't go huggin' on me neither, excess -- ackphooey

54 posted on 02/23/2006 6:30:52 AM PST by martin_fierro (An Acquired Taste)
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To: martin_fierro

too late i am plastered up agin ya!


55 posted on 02/23/2006 6:34:10 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

is the boondocks yet!


56 posted on 02/23/2006 6:34:35 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Yep, they are in the boonies.......and buying up all our convience/gas stores.........they have arrived.


57 posted on 02/23/2006 6:36:38 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-foresaken frozen tundra of the land of the hildebeast.)
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To: xsmommy
EWWW COOTIES
58 posted on 02/23/2006 6:37:05 AM PST by martin_fierro (An Acquired Taste)
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To: martin_fierro

ha! and you without the cootie spray or an innoculation!


59 posted on 02/23/2006 6:37:31 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Speaking of which, my niece proudly showed me her Brownies™ badges. They got all sorts of gadgets, them thar Brownies™ do.

60 posted on 02/23/2006 6:41:52 AM PST by martin_fierro (An Acquired Taste)
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