Posted on 03/08/2010 5:08:26 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 3/8/10
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".
feckless; adj.
1. ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing. 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
Careless and irresponsible.
Etymology: 1590s, from feck, "effect, value, vigor" (late 15c.), Scottish shortened form of effect; popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dialectal obscurity.
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
My four are 5-12....The 5 Year old was a little freaked by the IMAX/3D format (A little overwhelming)
"What caused 'Alice' to survive? It's the genius of the language. It's the delightful play of words that Carroll indulges in. The people who love his work are people who love words." "Carroll invented words, just as Shakespeare did," White adds. "You start wondering, 'How does language get its origin? How do words come to define things?'
i have an eye dr appt in a bit here. woke up with a swollen eye. rather than go into work looking like a gargoyle i figured i would stay at home and have it looked at. hope someone figures out what’s giving you so much trouble!
I was wondering if my adult son might like it...he likes the other 3d stuff out there. I suppose he might think it’s too childish.
no, i bet he wouldn’t think it was childish at all, bc it really isn’t.
there were an assortment of GEEKS, twentysomethings, sitting in the row in front of us. xsgirls and i laughed our heads off at them. Anyone who saw the movie Sydney White and the 7 Dorks would understand why we referred to them as GHERKINS OF HONOR. that is kind of our code word for that sort. They were straight out of the Vortex. you saw that, didn’t you soother?
Don’t like Tim Burton. Can’t stand Johnny Depp.
From the previews and poster for this movie, it appears to make my “must miss” list.
thank you. I’m sure it’s worse for the coquette. my big complaint is the @#$#!! drive back and forth to new haven.
I did see Sydney White, but haven’t memorized it or anything.
I watched “Mirrors” with Kiefer Sutherland over the weekend. Pretty cool horror story. Also, “Jennifer’s Body” on BluRay. You know how it goes. Satanic rock band sacrifices virgin to Satan for success, but girl isn’t a virgin, so she instead becomes inhabited by a demon who has to feed on human flesh from time to time.
Typical teen comedy.
Amen to that.
because you are so discriminating... LOL!
guess tim burton would be a bit too “dark” for you....: )
How far a drive could it possibly be in Connecticut?
I’m waiting for his take on Arbor Day, or perhaps the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost.
I am, however, very excited about the HBO series starting next Sunday called "The Pacific" or maybe just "Pacific"... looks like another "Band of Brothers"
OMG.....just heard massa’s radio ranting on FOX....I am starting to wonder about this.....complete setup, or did massa leave himself wide open for it. he even mentioned people asking him if he was gay at Wegmans....LOL. wonder if it was a relative of mine? LOL
Do you watch “The Life and Times of Tim?” That show just cracks me up.
Not even gonna go there this time. Won’t have to.
No I haven’t seen it - who is in it and what is it about?
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