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Word For The Day, Thursday, Roctober 5, 2006 - rowel
dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | Roctober 5, 2006 | secret garden

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 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!


TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: goodtimes
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To: xsmommy; martin_fierro

Oumpppa, oommmpaaa, oommppppaaaa.

(Robt makes (bad) polka noises.)


21 posted on 10/05/2006 5:28:27 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: theDentist
A+! Now I have to find a new earworm.
I know! The theme from Rawhide!

Roweling, roweling, roweling...
22 posted on 10/05/2006 5:31:10 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

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."


23 posted on 10/05/2006 5:31:24 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: secret garden
It has been a while since we've seen anything lower than the democrats' attempt to rowel conservative voters with their constant harangue about a congressman who has already resigned. This is a concerted effort in a strategy to disillusion as many republicans as possible, causing them to just give up, and to stay home in November.

To put it more succintly:
The dems plan to rowel
'Til we throw in the towel.

24 posted on 10/05/2006 5:42:58 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: secret garden
These vile excuses for human beings should be roweled rather than given airtime. But i laud mike gallagher for offering SOME alternative to get them to stay away from Nickel Mines, PA.
25 posted on 10/05/2006 5:43:00 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden

Scooby Doo uses a rowel after a bath!


26 posted on 10/05/2006 5:43:13 AM PDT by MortMan (I was going to be indecisive, but I changed my mind.)
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To: secret garden

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}.


27 posted on 10/05/2006 5:44:33 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden
Will gubernatorial candidate and current congressman Ted Strickland (D-OH) be rowelled by the fact he is an illegal voter.

Voting in Lisbon while living in Columbus isn't cool.

28 posted on 10/05/2006 5:47:25 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: theDentist
Bad news for beer drinkers. On Monday, about 4% of the US hops crop burned in a warehouse fine in Yakimah, WA. It's a good thing I don't homebrew anymore.

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)

29 posted on 10/05/2006 5:51:22 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: xsmommy

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.


30 posted on 10/05/2006 5:53:00 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: NeoCaveman

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.


31 posted on 10/05/2006 5:56:09 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Clever Robert! A+ for you!


32 posted on 10/05/2006 5:58:09 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: mikrofon

A+ for the commie pics!


33 posted on 10/05/2006 5:59:00 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: xsmommy
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.

Interesting.

I know someone who did the same thing for Taft, with the same result. No job.

34 posted on 10/05/2006 5:59:11 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

A+ for you! We have too many examples of their own kind who didn't merely talk the talk.


35 posted on 10/05/2006 6:00:15 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: xsmommy

A+ for you! Someday we will all have to account for our actions.


36 posted on 10/05/2006 6:01:13 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: MortMan

Before or after his Scooby snack? A for you!


37 posted on 10/05/2006 6:01:57 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: xsmommy

Amen, sistah!


38 posted on 10/05/2006 6:02:57 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: NeoCaveman

And you say he's a democrat? Shocking. Well, not really. A+


39 posted on 10/05/2006 6:03:59 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: xsmommy; secret garden

I had exactly the same attitude when I first read about that.


40 posted on 10/05/2006 6:04:27 AM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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