Posted on 05/03/2006 6:33:26 AM PDT 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".
gingerly • \JIN-jer-lee\ • adjective
very cautious or careful
Example sentence:
Simon held the soda bottle at arm's length after its shaky ride home on his bicycle and gave the cap a gingerly twist.
Did you know?
Etymologists take a gingerly approach to assigning any particular origins to this word. While it might have come from the name of the spice, there's nothing concrete to back up that idea. Another conjecture is that it's related to an Old French word, "gensor," that meant "delicate." That's because in 16th century English an earlier sense of "gingerly" often referred to dancing or walking with dainty steps. Not till the 17th century did it change to apply to movements that were cautious in order to avoid being noisy or causing injury, and to a wary manner in handling or presenting ideas. Not too surprisingly, given its "-ly" ending, "gingerly" is also quite often correctly used as an adverb. One could thus say that "Simon gingerly twisted the cap."
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)
Home at last and lighting the grill for pork chops-
I'm getting sick of hearing how
We should be more understanding
Of the poor illegal aliens
Who just keep on demanding
They didn't come here legally
So I just don't have a clue
As to why I should even care about
Their screwed up point of view
And as for the politicians-
Stop giving them all a pass
And tiptoeing gingerly around them-
Start taking names and kicking ass
Spoken like a true Northern Mexican. :-]
i love your pome!
I thought that was caused by being married to a Marine.
You calling The Marine a surrogate? ;^)
I gingerly sit down to FReep while the big boss is away.
I thin I need to go to sleep................
I honestly do not believe I have ever eaten as much as I have today...........and we also dealt with 2 hours of little league practice and drive time since we left the seafood festival.
I am embarrassed about how many dozen steamed and raw oysters and clams I ate today.........one person should never be permitted to eat that many in one sitting.
I will gingerly dance around the insinuations of this topic: Backwards and in full waltz, foxtrot, two-step and polka steps.
'Orgasmi' The Sensual Art of Folding Paper
ORIGASMI THE SENSUAL ART OF FOLDING PAPER
By SCOTT STEVENS
TOKYO -- "Now you fold the paper this way, and then you fold it over like this -- and then, if you've done it right, you will barely be able to concentrate!"
So exclaimed Miraka Yong, demonstrating the ancient art form she made famous in her Japanese best-seller, Origasmi -- The Sensual Art of Folding Paper.
"Paper is like a lover, very soft, very sensual," Yong told Weekly World News. "Yet it has a cutting edge if you mishandle it.
The secret to achieving sexual gratification through paper -- as with a lover -- is to handle it slowly, building the tension and then press -ing down firmly to take control."
Origasmi is becoming so popular with young Japanese women that government officials are worried about a population fall-off.
"Young Japanese women are bored with Japanese guys who spend all their time working, playing video games or entertaining clients in karaoke bars," said a member of Japan's Ministry of Social Trends, who insisted upon anonymity.
"Now they're taking matters into their own hands."
As can be expected, many Japanese men are quite upset by the fad. "My girlfriend replaced me with rice paper," said Toby Akiro. "I've lost all respect among my friends and colleagues. Except for Akira, whose wife left him for a piece of corrugated cardboard. He said she liked it rough. He understands."
According to Yong, Origasmi began centuries ago, when Japan was ruled by warlords.
"While the men were away fighting, the rulers gave the women paper so that they could write to the soldiers and improve their morale," she said.
"But not all women knew how to write, and as they folded the paper to make tokens for their men they found the experience stimulating."
The paper industry is under- standably ecstatic about Origasmi.
"With the growth of e-mail and the Internet, paper use has been way down," said Barry Cobbs, a paper magnate. "This has made paper sexy again -- in a whole new way."
As Yong put it, "Origasmi would definitely be something to write home about -- if I wasn't so busy using the paper for another purpose."
Thank you!
Please tell me that orgasmic paper folding article is satire (satyr?)from the Onion...
I'm green with envy-I love raw oysters, but hubby can't abide them, so I seldom get to indulge.
I'm off to paint and hopefully sell a little texture job-I'll come to class later...
Good morning, Robert! I like this!
Gingerly, she brought her hand to her lips
and blew a long kiss to the four winds.
One to the North for the old
One to the South for the bold
one to the East home of the sun
One to the West where day is done.
Eating dozens of oysters? Could that be a cause of that PSAS condition that Argh says Texasgirl has?
Starting again today huh?
Good grief - it's far too early to even wrap my brain around that.............
I suppose it depends which Marine. Like, not Gomer Pyle.
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