Posted on 05/13/2009 6:04:45 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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".
calamari • \kah-luh-MAHR-ee\ • noun
squid used as food
Example sentence:
Ophelia tried fried calamari for the first time from a small seafood shack near the beach.
Did you know?
The word "calamari" was borrowed into English from 17th-century Italian, where it functioned as the plural of "calamaro" or "calamaio." The Italian word, in turn, comes from the Medieval Latin noun "calamarium," meaning "ink pot" or "pen case," and can be ultimately traced back to Latin "calamus," meaning "reed pen." The transition from pens and ink to squid is not surprising, given the inky substance that a squid ejects and the long tapered shape of the squid's body. English speakers have also adopted "calamus" itself as a word referring to both a reed pen and to a number of plants.
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
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)
Outside of FR, where is the outrage???
I’ll bet every business owner in Southern NH is watching this very closely!
I think the one on the right is a little taller, yes?
Squidward
i read somewhere yesterday that the Republicans are having trouble figuring out how to get across how MASSIVE the Dem plans/proposals are. That people might get something on a smaller, but they just can’t conceive of it on a massive scale. Like with the national debt, they need to find some way to make this concrete to people. People don’t care about their OWN debt let alone the country’s debt, so it’s not resonating with them. they can’t just say oh the national debt is ginormous. not even what each man woman and child would owe will do the trick bc unless those people are presented with a bill that nonpayment of will end them in jail, they are STILL not going to get it. Americans are by and large very self centered and until it’s all presented in a way that tangibly affects them, they will not care.
yeah but did dobby have a tall hot redheaded wife?
Give that boy an A+ Vastie!
As soon as she gets her permanent green card, the Kook is toast.
When told the damage his plans would do to the American economy Obama said, “Let them eat calamari!”
LOL
i don’t see the point of ANY sushi, a total waste of calories.
Omigosh, that’s it! I’m going running now.
someone that attractive doesn’t need to marry a mutant to get her green card, i think it’s TRUE LUUUUUUV.
I think it’s true PSYCHO! As soon as someone puts her on Prozac, she’s going to wake up and say, “WTF!?”
they are SOULMATES, how can you doubt????
Calamari = Rubber food
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