Word For The Day, Thursday, July 6, 2006 - palaver

dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | July 6, 2006 | secret garden

[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".

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....

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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!

Happy Birthday to The Grim Reaper, George Bush and my dad, listed in order of ascending age!

[mikrofon]

Happy Birthday, Grimmy!

Say hey to the Prez when you see him at your common party today...

[tioga]

The palaver between the pig thrower and the Muslims went sour.

Man arrested for throwing the pig's head.

[theDentist]

I sent best wishes to the President in another thread. It's also Nancy Reagan's BDay too. I was going to note that they both share their birthdays with TheGrimReaper, but I think the S.S. might take that as a threat somehow. So I decided not to.

[NeoCaveman]

Even PMSNBC has had enough of the pathetic piffle-filled palaver of Cindy Sheehan.

[TheGrimReaper]

Thanks to all you cake ho's for the BD greetings!
I may or may not be getting better, but am certainly getting older.

(Something al Zarqawi can't claim)

[mikrofon]

We now see where all the palaver with that cadaver in NK has gotten us-
(Mad Dame Halfbright -- I'm no pal of her...)

[xsmommy]

hope you have a great day today! and you're right. al Zarqawi won't!

[TheGrimReaper]

It is also Sylvester Stallone's bday (60) and Merv Griffin's, too (81).

[TheGrimReaper]

Halfbright may not be the stupidest b!tc# on the planet, but I'd surely put her in the top 10.

[tioga]

-there you are. Are you ready to cut your cake?

[xsmommy]

my jewish friend at work told me this AM that he took his 10 yo son to see Superman Returns and that he saw tremendous christian parallels in it. I had not heard anything about it, bc i am not a superhero fan, but i found an article posted on FR that went directly to that premise. it is amazing how handy FR is. you can find out just about anything from the news posted here.

[TheGrimReaper]

Well, maybe the "cheese".... :-o

[tioga]

What a cute baby you were!

[bwteim]

Good morning! If I said anything, it would be definition 2. a : idle talk. Must find coffee pot ASAP.

[tioga]

-here 'ya go....take your pic

[Robert A Cook PE]

Secret's nbr two post got "moderated" ??????

(Robt wonders what was she palvated about in public that got her in trouble?)

Oh well. It's probably a deep dark hole subject to secret wet matters....)

Homework: All theUN is good for is long-winded discussions between palavarious enemies.

[Robert A Cook PE]

(Robt wonders what size cups he's goin' get....)

[Robert A Cook PE]

Both o' D cups are full o' de world's warmest, most refreshing, most filling, completely satisfying liquid. (Er, brew.)

[secret garden]

A+ for actually reading and using the etymology!

[secret garden]

A for you. I only wish the Ilmatic would update his blog.