Posted on 07/08/2009 5:44:17 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".
lamster • \LAM-ster\ • noun 
a fugitive especially from the law
Example sentence:
"The vast majority of identity-changers become scurrying lamsters, spinning an endless wheel of lies and deception…." (Christopher Loudon, The Financial Post [Toronto, Canada], September 23, 1995)
Did you know?
Lamsters as a class are probably as old as the law from which they flee, but the term "lamster" didn't sneak into our language until the early 1900s, less than ten years after the appearance of the noun "lam," meaning "sudden or hurried flight especially from the law" (as in the phrase "on the lam"). Both words have an old verb relation, though. "Lam" has meant "to beat soundly" or "to strike or thrash" since the late 16th century, but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it developed another meaning: "to flee hastily." The origins of the verb are obscure, but etymologists suggest that it is Scandinavian in origin and akin to the Old Norse "lemja," meaning "to thrash."
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)
Here is my example with today's WFTD.
The serial killer who murdered five people in South Carolina didn't need to be a lamster since the judicial system kept turning him loose regardless of how many crimes he committed.
Patrick Burris: Are 5 people dead by government?
No pushing at the door please!
Happy Humpday Everybody! (except for the Soother who had his humpday yesterday)
Only 
days left until BO's replacement is sworn in.
It's about dang time!
And btw, today's word does not have anything to do with Richard Gere (at least as far as we know).
I can’t wait until HE is a lamster.
My kid wanted a pet, so I bought her a lamster.
They’re too small to get much wool off of though.
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(From ugly sheep!)
My hamster went on the lam. So my hamster is a lamster hamster?
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Uh oh. A noun modifying a noun. I should just leave it at “My hamster is a lamster.”
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Your father was a lamster and your mother sniffed of elderberries.
Richard Gere: Lamster from the hamster!
Or a former parrot or lamster for that matter...
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Q: Where do fugitives go to escape the long arm of the law?
A: Lamsterdam
He’s pining for the fjords!
And I think the current criminals in the White House would be more productive (for the US , if not for their real agenda) if they stayed in a lamster cage spinning the news media.
...and why does she not stand close to her husband?
She and her daughters said that he was "stinky."
Could that be it?
Lamster, lamster, DAM DAM DAM!
That was one weird dude. His silly little art studio web page probably got more hits from FReepers who are ridiculing him than it has ever had before or ever will again.
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