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.
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.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
The cicadas were deafening this weekend. Does that count?
I made it through the storm with only a large branch snapped in my pool area. No damage. I think the “k” storm might go along the same track, unfortunately.
well that’s good news. what’s the K storm?
Reminded me of Ayn Rand’s “Anthem”.
just saw it on twitter, has someone posted it on FR? OBAMS approval rating is -29. dang.
Let us all raffishly roister in ridicule of Obozo’s obdurately
ambagious economic meanderings. (Oh, c’mon, gimme an A for effort at least.)
that’s fantastic!! A+++
I thought a gin was a male genie.
It isn’t named yet, it is still listed as TD 12. I think that BigJoeBastardi’s twitter feed mentioned that it eas going to be a big one, and maybe follow the same track. I cannot remember exactly where I heard that, tho, so don’t quote me.
out-pedanting the pedant! that’s quite a feat! ; )
they are going to cry wolf one time too many and it will bring disastrous results.
Negative 29? That is something.
when does school start back up over there?
OMG xshub just texted me that sex-crazed Julius [my BABY] is humping chanel!!! time for those man-bits to GO! he’s just 5 mo old!
it was a Rasmussen tweet. Wonder why someone’s not posted it yet. that has GOT to be a new low.
OH MY GOD. dueling pedants.
The ambagious Obama exposed! Early letter of Obambi's
A+++ though explorer89 already submitted that article.... ;)
dag nab it, I am outa here for the day and didn’t scan the whole thread. always happens when I do that.
LOL! don’t worry about it.
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