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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
A boeotian of lilliputian intellect Chris Matthews figures out that obams isn't the Messiah after all.
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
No pushing at the door please!
What song does this word make me think of? donuts to the winner!
Boeotian Rhapsody!
nope, no donuts for you!
Happy bday to the bday BOUYS!
Q: How many Boeotian jokes are there?
A: 3 (All the rest of those stories are true.)
Q: How many Boeotians did it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: None. (They didn’t have electric lights in Thebes, Silly.)
“Fat Boeotian Girls” by Queen?
GMTA! I suggested a Queen song, too, but not that one.
What a great word! Too bad I’m too boeotian to know how to pronounce it correctly.
A+++ funny stuff and much funnier than polack jokes! hilarious that you directed the boeotian jokes to one of our resident polacks— HD!
no, this is going to be more attenuated than you and HD are going with this.
boeotian (be-OH-shen) — stupid; dull
A+++
Emotion in Motion... ?
Yup.
Uh, yup.
nope, sorry!
HILARIOUS! A+++
When Joe Biden was raving about how many jobs Obama had “created or saved,” a voice from the crowd yelled, “I second that Boeotian.”
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