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Word for the Day, Friday, July 14, 2006, Bastille Day
July 14, 2006 | Argh

Posted on 07/14/2006 3:21:00 AM PDT by Argh



In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of the "Word for the Day".

frap [pronounced as spelled, verb, from Old French fraper to to strike or beat. Frapped, frapping, fraps. ]
a. STRIKE, BEAT
b. to draw tight: tighten with bonds (as a ship by passing cables around it: bid, draw together, or secure with ropes


A note:

frappé [pronounced fra-PAY] meaning iced or frozen, an iced drink or thick milk shake, or the ballet movement in which the free foot beats against the ankle of the supporting foot, appears to be of the same derivation

Example sentence:
Another time.

Rules: Everyone should leave a post using the Word for the Day in one or more sentences.
The sentence(s) should, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


Good Morning, Class. Welcome to School!

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

No pushing at the door please!


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To: theDentist

There's a thought.


41 posted on 07/14/2006 6:35:02 AM PDT by Argh
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To: Slip18

Then frap the frogs, not me. Sheesh! :^)


42 posted on 07/14/2006 6:35:51 AM PDT by Argh
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To: xsmommy

Yeah, but did you know about this ludicrous "security & prosperity" horse$h!t??


43 posted on 07/14/2006 6:36:04 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.)
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To: xsmommy; tioga

That area around Ithaca (CoE) is a cesspool of liberalism...


44 posted on 07/14/2006 6:36:45 AM PDT by mikrofon (Sorry, Ti)
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To: NeoCaveman

HAH!! Sure has! Except they seemed to like that Napoleon guy for a while, but then he got his just desserts. (In case you care, French for "the frogs" is "les grenouilles", pronouced roughly "lay gren-WEE-(yeh)").


45 posted on 07/14/2006 6:40:51 AM PDT by Argh
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To: bentfeather
Doing fine. Will be staying indoors today. Yesterday I ventured out.

It will be 117 degrees with a 61 percent dew point today around 3:00 p.m. Rain can't come down. It's too hot to reach the ground.

Is a snow cone the same as a frappe?

How's this:

Frappe to your left
Frappe to your right
Don't be bereft
Frappe with all your might.

Couldn't hep myself.

46 posted on 07/14/2006 6:43:01 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: xsmommy

Jee-zus!! I love "crap frapped out of them".


47 posted on 07/14/2006 6:43:51 AM PDT by Argh
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To: CholeraJoe
Sans culottes litterally means 'unseasoned'.

As a political movement in late 18th century France it could best be described as organized anarchy.

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)

48 posted on 07/14/2006 6:45:18 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: mikrofon

Utica is not really all that close to Ithaca, though.


49 posted on 07/14/2006 6:45:27 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

BWWWWAAAAaahahahahahaaa, I love it! (Kim's pajama frap)


50 posted on 07/14/2006 6:46:08 AM PDT by Argh
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To: LonePalm; CholeraJoe

CJ was just looking for a chance to bottomless....


51 posted on 07/14/2006 6:46:33 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Argh; xsmommy
Speaking of the French on Bastille Day, I am quite sure that Monsieur Henri-Lévy was referring to the planet that begins with "zz", (you know, the planet zzUranus) when making this following comment about Zidane and his headbutt:

"Writers and philosophers have read great moral drama into Mr. Zidane's tantrum.... Bernard Henri-Lévy, a French philosopher writing in this newspaper, termed it the suicide of a "planetary icon."

From:World Cup Mystery: What Did 'Animal' Say to Anger 'God'? By Andrew Higgins and Marie Valla, July 13, 2006 Page A1, Wall Street Journal

52 posted on 07/14/2006 6:47:46 AM PDT by bwteim (Stop in at the FReepathon --- Loosen your Wallet --- Not All of the Best Things in Life are Free)
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To: NeoCaveman

Next time I see "Independence Day" I'm gonna cheer like crazy when the aliens blow up the Capitol.


53 posted on 07/14/2006 6:47:56 AM PDT by Argh
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To: NeoCaveman; xsmommy
"Instead they sue over their OWN errors but then again, being Left means never having to say you are sorry."

What a truism that is, Neo.

xs, I agree with you wholeheartedly!

54 posted on 07/14/2006 6:49:33 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: TheGrimReaper; secret garden; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
i did not. and it is indeed serious horse$h!t.

this, on the other hand, is very clever!!

55 posted on 07/14/2006 6:49:44 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

ROTFLMAO! I get it this time. "Frap" = "Flap."


56 posted on 07/14/2006 6:50:52 AM PDT by Slip18
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To: Gabz

"Frap" seems right, from the tone of that article.


57 posted on 07/14/2006 6:52:18 AM PDT by Argh
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To: CholeraJoe

It's very lovely place, isn't it? Or at least it was the last time I was there 36 years ago.


58 posted on 07/14/2006 6:54:02 AM PDT by Argh
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To: xsmommy
Historical and modern versions of sans culottes as it refers to fashion.

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)

59 posted on 07/14/2006 6:54:07 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: mikrofon

HAH! Beauty, Mike!


60 posted on 07/14/2006 6:55:50 AM PDT by Argh
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