Word for the Day, Monday, July 24, 2006

verbivores | 7/24/06 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, monday, 7/24/06

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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".

hoi polloi; n.

The common people; the masses.

Usage Note: Hoi polloi is a borrowing of the Greek phrase hoi polloi, consisting of hoi, meaning “the” and used before a plural, and polloi, the plural of polus, “many.” In Greek hoi polloi had a special sense, “the greater number, the people, the commonalty, the masses.” This phrase has generally expressed this meaning in English since its first recorded instance, in an 1837 work by James Fenimore Cooper. Hoi polloi is sometimes incorrectly used to mean “the elite,” possibly because it is reminiscent of high and mighty or because it sounds like hoity-toity. ·Since the Greek phrase includes an article, some critics have argued that the phrase the hoi polloi is redundant. But phrases borrowed from other languages are often reanalyzed in English as single words. For example, a number of Arabic noun phrases were borrowed into English as simple nouns. The Arabic element al- means “the,” and appears in English nouns such as alcohol and alchemy. Thus, since no one would consider a phrase such as “the alcohol” to be redundant, criticizing the hoi polloi on similar grounds seems pedantic.

Etymology: [Greek, the many : hoi, nominative pl. of ho, the; see so- in Indo-European Roots + polloi, nominative pl. of polus, many; see pel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

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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[Mamzelle]

The hoi polloi in Molokai eat poi.

[tioga]

Horowitz puts up a convincing argument that the hoi polloi of Lebanon were complicent in this attack of Israel and not innocent bystanders.

[NicknamedBob]

Good Morning!

Knitting has a good point. "The next ruling ogliarchy" probably would consist of those "Ogly" members of the "Ogle" class like Helen Thomas, who look upon us of the hoi polloi with disdain. They consider themselves to be "above the fray" even when the fray is an active war against the United States.

And Happy Birthday, xsmommy! I'd like to request a portion of the alcohol, or is something in that phrase unnecessary?

[Gabz]

It's Pony Penning week!!!!! the hoi polloi have taken over the county, let alone chincoteague.

Chincoteague begins swim swing

Despite higher fuel prices, island still sees its big influx of visitors, tourists, business

[CholeraJoe]

Happy early Birthday, sweetie from me and the pups.

[VRWCmember]

Hey, sweetie. You aren't going to be around here for your birthday on Thursday?

[NeoCaveman]

I thinkt he elites, much more so than the hoi polloi, would consider this art.

[VRWCmember]

Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has been getting a lot of criticism on FR lately, but having met him last night, I can say unequivocably that I would enthusiastically support him as a presidential candidate in 2 years. I also feel he will be able to win the support of the hoi polloi that whoever gets the GOP nomination will have to attract in the general election in order to defeat hillary.

[LonePalm]

Happy (early) Birthday to you. You don't look a microsecond over 11101b.

I brought a cake.

To paraphrase Marie Antoinette, "Let us eat cake."

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[secret garden]

Happy Birthday from me and the rest of the WFTD hoi polloi!

[tioga]

Baked you a cake....can you pack it for your birthday vacation?

[Argh]

I see xsboy wished you a happy birthday and put it on the Internet.

I wish you a Happy Birthday too.

[tioga]

Ahhhh........What a cute baby you were!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hoity-toity hoi polloi?


Way too may vowels in there fer plain, ordinary, routine, little ole me.......

So does the "Arab street" that the MSM so often quotes needs to pay a "hoi Poilli" tax when it votes?


OH wait. I forgot. The MSM never mentions that the "arab street" can't vote. Except where Bush has liberated them. For the first time since civilization began, since 5000 BC.

[Robert A Cook PE]

am leaving for 2 weeks of vaca tomorrow, crack o dawn, so i have places to go and things to do today. i will be checking in and beating the deserving, periodically....


The dent says my deserving needs beating .....

Periodically.

[martin_fierro]

xs has enuff cakes. Time for some video.

Hap Birf!

[Jaded]

Happy Birthday xs!

[theDentist]

Please don't attribute quotes to me without getting them correct: I said, while a beating is likely deserved, punishment for no reason is more fun than the tilt-a-whirl after cotton candy and hot dogs!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Title-a-whirl.

Xsex mommy.

Spinning. Twisting. Sudden accelerations in varied directions with little warning ....

(Robt contemplates the physics of moving bodies and rapid exchange of momentum and body weight.)

[Argh]

Vacation? Again?? Sheesh!