Posted on 07/01/2009 5:50:17 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".
periphrasis • \puh-RIFF-ruh-sis\ • noun • 
1: use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression
2: an instance of periphrasis *
* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
The college English teacher warned her students against padding their essays with periphrases solely to reach the required length.
Did you know?
It's easy enough to point out the origins of "periphrasis": the word was borrowed into English in the early 16th century via Latin from Greek "periphrazein," which in turn comes from the prefix "peri-," meaning "all around," and the verb "phrazein," "to point out." Two common descendants of "phrazein" in English are "phrase" and "paraphrase," the latter of which combines "phrazein" with the prefix "para-," meaning "closely resembling." Another "phrazein" descendant is the less familiar word "holophrasis," meaning "the expression of a complex of ideas in a single word or in a fixed phrase." (The prefix "holo-" can mean "completely.")
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)
You can’t deny its salience.
why bring saltwater into the conversation?
saltpeter seems more apropos.
Penile centric? Phimosis can also refer to the clitoris or vagina.
the definition you posted above doesn’t refer to any female genitalia.
2. a similar condition involving the clitoris.
3. narrowness of the vagina.
so, based on your original post, the charge of being penile-centric was right on target!
being as we cannot assume facts not in evidence, so to speak ; )
Good luck to your babies!!!
It's cute when you try to do man things.
I freaked out our Corporate Counsel yesterday. I used the term per stirpes in a sentence. I have previously embarrassed him by knowing force majeure too.
I almost peed myself yesterday when I saw the bit where he “crossed the line” with other women...... scumbag
what man things am i trying to do? knowing some cute lil latin phrases doesn't mean you can practice law, any more than i can practice medicine because i know a thing or two about rales and rhonchi.
yeah i wonder how he defines crossing the line? That wife cannot want any parts of him at this point, no matter that he has 4 sons with her.
Thanks!
Isn't that the position used at the gyno?
Like Hillary wants any part of Bill? In politics, marriage is different.
I was searching for the comcast office which was not where the address showed it to be... listening to Fox News... Heard them make a crack about how he said that even though he “crossed the line” with many/several/? women, the chick in SA was his soul mate BUT HE’D TRY TO FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE! lol....it’s too idiotic not to laugh
You've been watching Airheads again...
Milo-Section G, the force majeure, where it says "riots, disturbance, war, acts of God", etc.
Jimmy Wing - What about it?
Milo- Amend that to exclude this hostage crisis. That can be construed as an act of public enemy.
Jimmy- Done.
Could be. Technically the position is called the dorsal lithotomy position, however I doubt anyone has used it to cut for stones in the last 50 years.
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