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Word for the Day, Tuesday February 7, 2012

Posted on 02/07/2012 4:37:39 AM PST by SoothingDave

Word For The Day, Tuesday, February 7, 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".

nidus [nahy-duhs]

-n, plural -di

1. a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
2.a place or point in an organism where a germ or other organism can develop or breed.

[1735–45; < Latin nīdus nest]


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To: SoothingDave

you know i was a latin american studies major so that kind of stuff appeals to me regardless of the ancient hockey player aspect, but that’s pretty dang cool.


21 posted on 02/07/2012 6:54:55 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
They said it was a "ruling staff" symbolizing his power, yadda yadda. You know how archaeologists are. I say hockey player.

Here's the colossal head. Photobucket

22 posted on 02/07/2012 7:00:29 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

i want one of those for my flower bed!


23 posted on 02/07/2012 7:03:14 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

dang i KNEW it was Olmec, i should’ve said so. i just googled it and i was right! Olmecs were my fave. i love their heads.


24 posted on 02/07/2012 7:04:51 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

BTW aol had a list of colleges for the socially awkward, and CMU was like 5th. i LOLed, and said isn’t that the dang truth! ; )


25 posted on 02/07/2012 7:06:30 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

The heads and other carvings are from La Venta, in a musuem/park here. The pyramids are a Comalcalco. Interesting thing there is that these are built of brick, not stone, like the other pyramids in Mexico.


26 posted on 02/07/2012 7:27:46 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

It’s entirely possible to got to CMU and acquire no experience with the opposite sex whatsoever. The entire school was 3:1 male:female when I was there, and engineering was about 9:1.


27 posted on 02/07/2012 7:30:53 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

bet the odds are a bit better now.


28 posted on 02/07/2012 7:43:00 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave
Apparently, Puerto Rico is a nidus for iguanas.
29 posted on 02/07/2012 8:13:09 AM PST by NeoCaveman (SMOD 2012)
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To: xsmommy

I wouldn’t. You’re still going to skew male in engineering and computer science. Especially at the tails of the distribution.


30 posted on 02/07/2012 8:14:10 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
The Commonwealth of Virginia has been the nidus of our Presidents.
The U.S. Military Academy has been the nidus of our Officer Corps.
The University of Chicago has been the nidus of socialist thought in the U.S.



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

31 posted on 02/07/2012 8:37:57 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: SoothingDave

Guess it all depends on what kind of tails you are distributing.


32 posted on 02/07/2012 8:42:27 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: tioga

i’m afraid to hope that there are enough sentient Catholics who finally GET IT.


33 posted on 02/07/2012 8:48:36 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I hear you. I know many who will justify it, I can even guess what they will say.


34 posted on 02/07/2012 9:47:58 AM PST by tioga
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To: xsmommy

I see what you did there. Clever. ;-)


35 posted on 02/07/2012 9:51:08 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

no fly specks on you, soother. you are sharp as a dang tack ; )


36 posted on 02/07/2012 10:11:45 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman

I smell a reality show. Iguana Hunters of San Juan. Or maybe Iguana Hunter Wives of San Juan.


37 posted on 02/07/2012 10:14:57 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

It was sunny for awhile this morning, but now it is cloudy again and 56-

Neat word, by the way-

The nidus of the insanity
That we witness every day
Originates in our congress
Where you must pay to play

And when the idiot-in-chief
Tells a church what it must do
His 15 minutes of fame are over-
So he should get out of office, too

And now, when I am shopping
I read what the labels say-
And if it has a little pink ribbon
My little wallet gets put away...


38 posted on 02/07/2012 10:57:17 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

It was sunny for awhile this morning, but now it is cloudy again and 56-

Neat word, by the way-

The nidus of the insanity
That we witness every day
Originates in our congress
Where you must pay to play

And when the idiot-in-chief
Tells a church what it must do
His 15 minutes of fame are over-
So he should get out of office, too

And now, when I am shopping
I read what the labels say-
And if it has a little pink ribbon
My little wallet gets put away...


39 posted on 02/07/2012 11:03:00 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

Oops! Sorry about that.


40 posted on 02/07/2012 11:04:48 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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