Posted on 02/22/2010 5:00:38 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 2/22/10
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".
boeotian; adj or noun
adjective 1.of or pertaining to Boeotia or its inhabitants. 2.dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement. –noun 3.a native or inhabitant of Boeotia. 4.a dull, obtuse person; Philistine
Etymology: Boeotian 1590s, "ignorant, dull," from Boeotia, district around Thebes in ancient Greece (said to have been so called for its cattle pastures), whose inhabitants were characterized as proverbially dull and countrified by their neighbors, the Athenians. The Boeotians presumably held reciprocal opinions, but their great writers, Plutarch and Pindar, though patriots, are full of praise for Athenian deeds and institutions. "Though his aim was to vindicate Boeotia, [Pindar] has probably done her a disservice, in that he has helped to immortalise the scurrilous proverb which he wished to confute. ... If left to itself, the slander might have passed into oblivion long ago." [W. Rhys Roberts, "The Ancient Boeotians," 1895]
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....
Not in my loafers.
What is the media boeotian about now? Did you see Ahnold on Sunday?
Happy, Happy Birthday!
hahah! A+++ didn’t see him but heard some clips, he needs to retire to the Kennedy compound.
Apparently the performer had just seen some of Susies works..
how sad is your life when the best thing that’s happened to you lately is having a tranny puke on you? thrown over by her HIMBO, late in life, no longer a box ofc draw. sad.
Ironic also, how press accounts fail to point out how she gets shorted by not being married.
She’s 63, he’s 51...
He’ll be dating 35 year olds, and she’s entering dotage.
Well...If they had only distributed the laptops to erstwhile cheerleading types....
She’s from Metuchen, NJ, not that they brag about it.
Doing well! What have you and slippy been up to, trouble?
LOL, that’s per your home page re: your “Sister”...
To set the scene, they liberated some animals from a testing lab, and got attached to a particular orangutan. Then they have the orangutan stolen from them. Jay can't figure out how to find him.
Silent Bob has a classic blowup: Not safe for work (bad language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpckOsftaP4
In this one, Silent Bob ejects some fallen angels, bent on destroying existence, from a moving train.
His explanation is minimal.
it’s lost on me, sorry.
Only Boeotians would live in this kind of town:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2457115/posts
(BTW, right now I’m reading Pindar’s ODES.)
A+++ well look at you, smarty pants, reading Pindar!
I am praying.
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