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Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 - gingerly
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 05/03/2006 | The Janitor

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)


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To: martin_fierro

The second I saw you had posted in my pings, I thought to myself: "I bet Martin posted a hot pic of Ginger from Gilligan's Island."


21 posted on 05/03/2006 6:52:37 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
Thanks.

I think.

22 posted on 05/03/2006 6:55:52 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: VRWCmember
i brought some ginger chicken for the class. good grief, one glance at this pic and i immediately made myself jones for chinese food!


23 posted on 05/03/2006 6:57:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: VRWCmember

On Iran, The U.N. acts so gingerly
They cower in a corner, quite cringerly
As their nuclear power
Improves with each hour
The mullahs are stealthy and ninja-ly


24 posted on 05/03/2006 6:58:00 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: VRWCmember
The reporters are not gingerly approaching this rape case. The latest:

Duke lacrosse player speaks out.

Nifong wins primary.

25 posted on 05/03/2006 6:59:29 AM PDT by tioga (Spring is in the air.)
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To: xsmommy

Happy day after primary day here in Ohio.

Yes, I'm gloating a little bit.

The machine actually can be beat.


26 posted on 05/03/2006 6:59:35 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (new name, same sarcasm.)
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To: VRWCmember
we are concerned that we will be overtaken by illegal aliens. the sad part is, are we even aware that we are already overrun by TRAILER TRASH? Look around you, i gaurONTEE you will see a half dozen instances of trailer trash run amok today.
27 posted on 05/03/2006 7:00:34 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman

My SIL told me blackwell won handily, congrats to you.


28 posted on 05/03/2006 7:01:05 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: VRWCmember; Slip18; Gabz; xsmommy; secret garden; tioga; NicknamedBob; Robert A. Cook, PE; ...

Ginger. My most favorite spice. it makes me think of the first rain after a long dry spell in Boise, when the ground smells almost like gingerbread.

And then, I flash back.

"Step gingerly, young one," my father used to say,
"and remember this sage advice my Grandfather Micky used to tell me when I was a young wild one: Each time you walk across the pasture, your feet should be a little cleaner
than the time before."

Wisdom does tend to teach you where the landmines lie, or else you are just being obtuse.

Nowadays, I eat Ginger Altoids. Sometimes, they keep me on my toes.


29 posted on 05/03/2006 7:01:21 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: tioga

Pd me right O that he won.


30 posted on 05/03/2006 7:01:28 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: VRWCmember
The Chicoms aren't being very gingerly as they keep appointing psuedo-bishops.
31 posted on 05/03/2006 7:01:29 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (new name, same sarcasm.)
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To: xsmommy

Yes he did.

And in the treasurer's race the conservative knocked off the appointed incumbent who's a liberal who was handpicked by Bob Taft and the boys.


32 posted on 05/03/2006 7:02:57 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (new name, same sarcasm.)
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To: NeoCaveman

what, do they think no one's going to NOTICE???


33 posted on 05/03/2006 7:03:04 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: VRWCmember

Today I will be gingerly plying my way through mountains of clams and oysters and crabs today...........Annual Seafood Festival!!!!!!!!

hasta la vista!!!!!!!


34 posted on 05/03/2006 7:03:50 AM PDT by Gabz (Smokers are the beta version)
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To: xsmommy
what, do they think no one's going to NOTICE???

Hu was quoted saying, how many divisions does the Vatican have?

35 posted on 05/03/2006 7:04:17 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (new name, same sarcasm.)
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To: xsmommy

I checked out that sick thread, but I am soooo innocent I do not know the meaning of MILF?? --so I came back to class.


36 posted on 05/03/2006 7:10:12 AM PDT by tioga (Spring is in the air.)
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To: VRWCmember
Always treat people gingerly. You may never know what'll set them off...


37 posted on 05/03/2006 7:10:44 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: tioga

mother i would like to...


38 posted on 05/03/2006 7:14:10 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: martin_fierro

'Never knew Lee was her middle name ... hmmmph


39 posted on 05/03/2006 7:17:04 AM PDT by mikrofon (Ginseng and Gin' dance)
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To: xsmommy

I googled it. Sad world. I am going to workout now....have a fun day everyone. It's too nice to be here at the computer. -so sorry for those of you who are not able to get out and enjoy the day. The sunshine is calling me. ;)


40 posted on 05/03/2006 7:17:49 AM PDT by tioga (Spring is in the air.)
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