Posted on 07/06/2006 6:01:28 AM PDT by secret garden
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".
palaver • \puh-LAV-er\ • noun
1 a : a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication b : conference, discussion
2. a : idle talk b : misleading or beguiling speech
Example sentence:
"Ask folks involved why they opted to make [the movie], and you're not going to get a lot of palaver about high art and noble intentions." (Joshua Rich, Entertainment Weekly, May 19, 2006)
Etymology: During the 18th century, Portuguese and English sailors often met during trading trips along the West African coast. This contact prompted the English to borrow the Portuguese "palavra," which usually means "speech" or "word" but was used by Portuguese traders with the specific meaning "discussions with natives." The Portuguese word traces back to the Late Latin "parabola," a noun meaning "speech" or "parable," which in turn comes from the Greek "parabolç," meaning "juxtaposition" or "comparison."
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 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
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Trying to order a medium size order of french fries turned into a palaver last weekend. The person on the receiveing end of the order clearly knew some language, but not American!
Happy birthday, Grim!
Mmmm, dunkies.
Yu turned me into a dunkies addict, xs. It's all your damn fault. :)
i can't help it they have the best coffee this side of COLOMBIA and juan valdez!
Didn't see it, but heard Mark Levin ranting about it. Of course all the immigrants that Bush met and mentioned as entrepreneurs etc from Iran, El Salvador, Guatemala, and elsewhere had one rather conspicuous thing in common: They were all LEGAL immigrants who came here the right way (and everyone of them should have asked the President why he supports a type of reform that slaps them in the face by rewarding people who come here illegally and then demand that we ignore their illegal status).
I caught part of that, did he actually eat a donut?
There once was a man named Grim Reaper
A most pleasant, convivial Freeper
I've no offer of cake
But I fear your namesake
Don't want him ringing the bell on my beeper
nope, he was there for the coffee, not for the donuts, just like me! see, he knows!
I have a hankering to dive into a couple of cups right now.
D cups?
Costa Rican coffee is good. been there, had that. and so is Kona Coffee from Hawaii. but Colombian is my fave, smoothest most mellow flavor.
Hey Grimmy, I hope you enjoy the coffee I sent over to go with the cake.
Britta is the coffee, i had forgotten the name. we went to the factory there. it was yummy.
Well, maybe sometime you'll share one of your cups with me (of coffee of course).
As I nurse my bran muffin and java
Searching for a good rhyme for palaver
Thought of Moron-Man--Kim
Should make short ribs of him
Served with Chianti and the beans known as fava
it's Britt of course now that i googled it. and sure you can have some!
i LOVE THAT!!!!!
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