Posted on 04/12/2010 5:07:24 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 4/12/10
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".
bowdlerize; verb
1 : to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar 2 : to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
Etymology:
1830–40; after Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare
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Have any of you ever even seen a chicken?
I know all about chickens, they come in two species. Original and extra cripsy :^)
That reminds me of my favorite Hurricane Katrina joke, when a woman was asked if she was upset about all the churches that were destroyed. She said “No, we good, we still have Popeye’s.”
Does it come with rib retractors?
One of the local restaurants is advertising “Gluten-free Barbecue pulled pork.” Hmm. Might as well advertise it as “Dolphin-safe pulled pork.”
Not yet. It’ll probably be dinner.
It comes with a certificate for “Buy two get the third coronary bypassed for free.”
When I tried to read your tagline out loud, it sounded like I was hacking up a hairball. ObamaWHAT?
I tried to combine Obama with Apocalyptic, the Obamapacolypse.
They’re not bodice rippers are they? We have a teacher and college librarian in the group and they keep us on our toes with literary elements. Our library has been stocking lots of Asian-themed books in the past year for the book club kits. The county library has book club kits but they only have 4 books in each. Our group has 10-12 members, depending on the day.
clean answer... you shock me l; )
Yeppers. 8<)
(Wonder if she was the same one who was bawdereyezing when the corrupt N’loaens government was stealing levee repair budgets and her congress critter was usin’ the Naitonal Guard trucks to go get his money conveniently frozen in his home freezer? Oh. Wait. Nobody was complainin’ then, were they?)
“Bodice rippers”
One of the most cleverly disguised rape-and-lace scene containing book series I’ve ever read was written by a man, written in the first person with a male narrator and not a romance series-Jack Whyte’s Camulod Chronicles-most of it is battle scenes and strategy, and the sex is more geared toward the male reader with graphic descriptions of stuff like voyerism, group sex, etc but the tender moments between the main male characters and their wives and mistresses are rather romantic, and the men aren’t complete brutes.
Some of Bernard Cornwell’s “Saxon Chronicle” novels also have some unexpectedly romantic and emotional moments between the characters amid the more graphic scenes of sex and battle as well.
Maybe it is a Texas thing, but what on earth is “pulled pork”-dolphin safe or otherwise?
You don’t know what pulled pork is?
It’s the crab cake of barbecue ribs.
Meaning: you get someone else to do the work of picking the meat off the bones.
That Georgia D.A. investigating Rapelisberger doesn’t think so from the sound of that Presser....
Thank you! That looks like what we call shredded pork here.
I never thought of putting Bacon and Cheese between two breasts...Much cheaper than Champagne and Cocaine...
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