Posted on 08/29/2011 5:09:54 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 8/29/11
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".
ambagious;adj
Circuitous, rambling, garbled, misleading. "Myna Bird gave such an ambagious speech at the conference that no one could think of a question to ask her when it concluded." Unlike ambiguous, which refers to vagueness and multiple interpretations, ambagious refers to twisting and winding in speech: "I think that anyone willing to navigate the ambagious language of the document could find a useful insight or two buried in it."
Etymology: The noun underlying today's Good Word is a back-formation from Middle English ambages "equivocation", the feminine singular Latin ambages "evasion, digression". The Latin word came from the same source as ambiguus "ambiguous", a combination of the prefix ambi-, "both, about, around" + agere "to move, drive". Ambi- also appears in ambidextrous, originally "both-right-handed". The root of agere can be found in a plethora of words borrowed from Latin, including agent, act, and agile.
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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....
It just means next year we have to start getting up earlier.
The Obams was being kind... ; ) A+++
raspberry vodka? ; )
u pore thangs ; )
That’s really, really good.
Just not so much on top of multiple tall beers.
as soon as i saw your tweet, i thought....uh, oh... ; )
The Prof’s class all went out to buy their art supplies in preparation for Costume Design I. I hope they bought waterproof paper and ink, because there is lots of crying in that class...and lots of do-overs.
Actually, i was reasonably well behaved that night. I think that was Saturday.
Technically speaking, there is no such thing as a flavored vodka. If you make a neutral spirit and then infuse it with flavors, you have created a gin.
I created nothing. That was the good people at Stoli. Take it up with them, pendant boy.
:)
she’s a meanie?
it was Saturday. i was just hoping you were in a confined space and not out loose somewhere ; )
She’s a professor of arts and crafts?
being an attorney myself...
After all these years, I didn't know that. No matter, I still love you.
5.56mm
and i love you back : )
Hey I was just trying to reduce your hangover through existential negation. ;-)
Democrats, vague and ambagious
With a viewpoint completely outrageous
Tax all the makers
Give more to the takers
For the RINOs, the disease is contagious
Oddly enough. i think it did help a little.
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