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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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
oh bc it’s such a manly, brutish job RME> stick to plunging toilets, now that’s MAN”s work!
Exit 42 off of Route 80. Exit 39 off of Route 287. Wanna make somethin' of it?
they put in a stoplight where our road dumps out onto the main road. it is a pain in the @$$ to have to sit through that cycle.
Which ties in nicely with my theory that we get dragged in or start World War III in the next decade.
as i just told neo in freepmail, look at the Soother being such a fricking pedant that he can’t even tell that i am playing a libertarian on this thread. you are so bound up in your pedantry you can’t even see irony when it’s slapping you in the puss!
and why the US doesn’t appear in End Times scripture.
Reminds me of an old NY joke: A midwesterner was wandering through NYC, doing some sightseeing. He had heard of the reputation that the locals have, but was still eager to visit some of the landmarks. He stopped a guy on the street and said, "Could you tell me how to get to the Empire State Building, or should I just go f**k myself?"
LMAO!!!
Nope. But then again I don’t live in the City either...
And you respond seriously to a joke about a tip jar. ;-)
i am cracking up because i didn’t even think of it when i was asking them, and factor it into their reaction to me, i was in search of the answer to my question, is it ok to park there or will we be towed. now i am roaring when i think of the effrontery of it all, and to a man/woman, each of them began with “EXCUSE ME?” i was speaking slowly and in a well-modulated voice, so had they not been so SHAKEN by someone speaking to them, they should have gotten it the first time.
Mmmm! Jughandle!!
but your joke was not funny but me being a libertarian is hilarious on so many levels.
LOL! isn’t that appropriate!
Another favorite NY joke. A midwesterner is visiting NY, and was told by a Jewish friend that he had to try the matzoh ball soup at Katz’ Deli. He goes there and orders it, enjoying it thouroughly, and then says to the waiter: “These matzoh balls are delicious. Is any other part of the matzoh edible?”
It certainly is. Thug.
we had to go through the Catskills to get from the southern tier to NYC and i thought of you, truthy, yes i did! i love your stories of your time there.
“Jughandle” seems more like a fascination for Cletus the slack-jawed yokel.
i wasn’t sure you got it either, but at least you weren’t up on your pedantic highhorse expounding on why this was so necessary, LOL!
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