Posted on 09/09/2009 6:13:20 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".
ennead • \EN-ee-ad\ • noun 
a group of nine
Example sentence:
Immediately following the show, viewers will be able to call or text in their votes for their favorite among this ennead of remaining contestants.
Did you know?
Since ancient times, various groups of people have considered nine to be a very special and sacred number. Legends and literature have long characterized groups of nine as having a special, in some cases magical, significance. Ancient Egyptians organized their gods into groups of nine; even today, their principal group of gods (headed by sun god Re-Atum) is called the "Great Ennead of Heliopolis." The "Ennead" English speakers use in that name traces to "ennea," the Greek word for "nine." "Ennead" is also used generally to refer to other groups of ancient gods. Furthermore, it is the name given to six sets of nine treatises by Greek philosopher Plotinus that were collected and organized by his 3rd-century disciple, Porphyry.
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)
yeah I clicked on that earlier! There were the usual idiotic “I’d hit it” comments.....
face it, there’d be at least one male freeper who’d do helen thomas, though they may not admit to it.
sadly, for her, she made her fortune as a beach babe....gotta have the tan for the complete look. booze, drugs and smoking age the face as much as sun does.
well she does look good from behind....
What happened to her wedding ring tat?
who’d she get that one for? she does have the old lady hands going on too
Happy birthday you two.
Fake eyebrows look creepy, don’t they?
they do. my across the street neighbor got fake eyebrows tatted on and they are pretty horrific. she is a blonde and i guess thought this would be a good idea. it was not.
Sunscreen is for sissies that do not know how to tan.
IIRC, Tommy Lee, the first time they married
you shoulda thoughta that.
And mess with God’s division of labor? No way. We cut grass. You get up with baby.
don’t forget car stuff. i don’t cut grass or do car related things.
A story like that brings only one word to mind: sitzpinkler.
i really can’t say, i guess it would depend on the standards of admissibility that apply and that will vary because this appears to be a state and not a federal proceeding. but regardless of standards, it will always come down to a judge’s discretion. you can have a fact pattern and a judge’s predisposition can have them go one way or the other and so long as they word it properly and take the right things into consideration, it can be upheld. i am just speaking generally as someone who does appellate work. i often see cases where a judge could have looked at the same facts and gone the other way and it would have been defensible either way.
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