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Word for the Day, Tuesday January 10, 2012
Posted on 01/10/2012 5:15:09 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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".
tessera{tes-er-uh}
-n, plural tesserae
1. one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
2. a small square of bone, wood, or the like, used in ancient times as a token, tally, ticket, etc.
[164050; < Latin < Greek (Ionic) tésseres four].
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Thanks to VDH for this word.
To: SoothingDave
good morning. i think her middle name was Rae.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:20:07 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: SoothingDave
In the overall tapestry of life, Barack Obama is nothing more than a dark, miniscule tessera that has ultimately been ill-fitted into some obscure corner.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:28:57 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: SumProVita
Barack Obama is nothing more than a dark,
To: SoothingDave
Tessera -
"a small square of bone" That and a hank o' hair will get you a walking, talking Honeycomb, if you play your tokens right.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:41:33 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(If "everybody's different" then two of them have to be the same. It's the only way to be different.)
To: SoothingDave
Thanks to VDH The recording device or the sexually transmitted disease?
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:42:02 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Free TOTUS)
To: SoothingDave
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:44:12 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: SoothingDave
Where geometry and art collide in cool fashion. Tessellation.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:45:59 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: SoothingDave
Lol! That’s an assumption. I was using the adjective “dark” to refer to evil, to hidden agendas that do not see the LIGHT of day with the media, etc.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:46:38 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: NeoCaveman
The classicist and gentleman farmer.
To: SoothingDave
Today's
earworm is brought to you because we recently watched the back episodes of New Girl, which is pretty funny, especially the handbell episode.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:51:36 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: SoothingDave
The first
tessera of the New Hampshire primary voting process already finished.
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:51:48 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Free TOTUS)
To: NeoCaveman
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posted on
01/10/2012 5:53:50 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: SoothingDave
The tesserae of opinions in the landscape of conservative thought has not yet congealed on a Presidential nominee.
To: xsmommy
If it’s a leg, can I have it?????
To: Hegewisch Dupa
You want to make a leg lamp?
To: SoothingDave
The negative ads compounded themselves in a swooping tesseratura of bile and vicious rumor.
To: SoothingDave
If each Obama-Marxist Czar is a 'tessera',
then what is the entire constellation of Communist Czars?
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posted on
01/10/2012 6:03:51 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: SoothingDave
Great idea! It will be less Fragile using a real leg
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