Posted on 10/05/2006 4:49:16 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".
rowel • \ROW-ul ("OW" as in "cow")\ • verb
1 : to goad with or as if with the pointed disk at the end of a spur
2 : vex, trouble Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.
Example sentence:
With one of the best fastballs in the league combined with a wicked changeup, Lester roweled the opposing line-up for his second career no-hitter.
Etymology: If you've seen Western movies, you've seen rowels. The noun "rowel" names the circular, point-covered disk on the end of a spur that is used to urge powerful steeds to maximum speeds. But cowboys didn't invent rowels; knights in shining armor were sporting them even before the 12th century. English speakers of yore picked up the noun "rowel" from the Anglo-French "roele," meaning "small wheel" ("roele" is also an ancestor of the word "roulette"). By the end of the 1500s, "rowel" was also being used as a verb for any process of prodding or goading that was as irritating as being poked in the side with a rowel.
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
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Oumpppa, oommmpaaa, oommppppaaaa.
(Robt makes (bad) polka noises.)
She'd hopefully whisper "Michael?", then start weeping uncontrollably when she heard the reply "No, he and Catherine have flown to Europe for the fun of it."
To put it more succintly:
The dems plan to rowel
'Til we throw in the towel.
Scooby Doo uses a rowel after a bath!
i VOTED last night, for George Allen, for Tom Davis and AGAINST gay marriage [that is, in favor of a constitutional amdt to define marriage as between a man and a woman}.
Voting in Lisbon while living in Columbus isn't cool.
Beer drinkers beware: 4 percent of U.S. hops crop burns
'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)
I mailed in my absentee application today. I can't wait to vote for Ken Blackwell and I'll hold my nose and vote for DeWhiner. I'm still undecided on my city council race but I think all my choices are R's.
my friend from Toledo, that i spoke to you about yesterday, sees the wisdom of nose-holding and voting for Republicans. another friend and i convinced her that there is never REALLY any reason to vote for a dem. She bears a grudge against DeWine, her son quit his job to volunteer for him and was promised a job with him and then he did NOT come through.
Clever Robert! A+ for you!
A+ for the commie pics!
Interesting.
I know someone who did the same thing for Taft, with the same result. No job.
A+ for you! We have too many examples of their own kind who didn't merely talk the talk.
A+ for you! Someday we will all have to account for our actions.
Before or after his Scooby snack? A for you!
Amen, sistah!
And you say he's a democrat? Shocking. Well, not really. A+
I had exactly the same attitude when I first read about that.
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