Posted on 01/30/2007 4:23:17 AM PST by Slip18
January 30, 2007, Tuesday, FULMINATE
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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Subbie Slip has her whip, handcuffs and legcuffs today. Tomorrow I’m bringing in chains, so beware.
The rest of the stuff is locked up in my drawer. I’m just letting all the new students know that we behave as if we were ladies and gentlemen in here. Those two words “as if” can get you an A if you make the subbie laugh.
Pronunciation: ful-mi-‘nate
Function: Verb
Inflected Form(s): -nat·ed; -nat·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare, from Latin, to strike (of lightning), from fulmin-, fulmen lightning; akin to Latin flagrare to burn.
transitive verb:
1: To utter or send out with denunciation (fulminate a decree)
intransitive verb:
1: To send forth censures or invectives - ful·mi·na·tion
Noun
Etymology: fulminic acid, from Latin fulmin-, fulmen
1: An often explosive salt (as mercury fulminate) containing the group -CNO
*Cyber fulminates that poor sweet little Simba every morning.*
I thought 42 was the perfect number, tD!
A++++ for you!
Don't add salt to your concoction of mercury, especially with salt. You'll have a real nice KABOOM in bed.
A++++ for you, Cook!
The venue of Jean-Fraude Kerry's latest overseas fulmination culminated in his shaking hands with America's enemies...
WHile 42 is the answer, '24' is the entertainment. I have no idea what happened in Jack Bauer's world last night.
The liberal mainstream media continues to fulminate against the Bush administration, as if our disciplining of inattentive Republicans were a vindication of their seditious and short-sighted historical perspective.
They act like the dog getting aggressive with the cat when you try to scold it.
televisionwithoutpity.com
They do recaps (heavy on the snark). Don't say anything, I've got it on my DVR and will watch it tonight.
A++++ for you, mikro!
A++++ for you!
My parish's patron, St. Barbara, is the protectress from fulmination of the literal type.
Leader of group of businessmen to hostess at the Hotel restaurant:
"No, maam. We'd just like to sit at the bar. These fulminate at the buffet down the street!"
Thanks for the ping, Gabz! CA pays less for cigarettes than AZ does. Isn't CA a Nanny State?
Code Pinko's fulminations Sunday against the Iraq war brought forth laughs of derision from many a talk show host on Monday as they kept playing the Pinko lady screaming "women say pull out now".
Luckily all talkshow hosts survived without getting any FCC violations.
It was good to see JimRob put some of those dullards in their place. I loved it when the one clown who posted the white robes comment accused the others of "reading between the lines" or making it up and JimRob threw it right back in his face with a link to the original comment and said "no reading between the lines here".
i know, it was a thing of beauty!!
xsteen was terrified of thunderstorms when she was little, and her godmother bought her a st barbara medal and she would always make sure she had it on when there was a storm.
Done!
i looked back at the results on the FR poll question about a rudy candidacy and was surprised to see that he didn't do all that well, since i was led to believe on those threads that he was a shoo-in and that More and more and MORE conservatives are jumping on his bandwagon every day. funny that.
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