Posted on 03/13/2012 4:48:46 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, March 6, 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".
rictus [rik-tuhs]
-n, pl -tus, -tus·es
1. the gape of the mouth of a bird.
2. the gaping or opening of the mouth.
[1750–60; < Latin: wide-open mouth, equivalent to rig-, variant stem of ringī to open the mouth wide + -tus suffix of v. action.]
Related forms:
rictal, adj
subrictal, adj
No, they didn’t break up-they just moved to Vermont where Blondie’s family is. The neighbor still owns the house jointly with her estranged husband, but it is for sale.
The day I need some Yinzer dictionary to learn me how to talk good, just shoot me. ;-)
Apparently the lesbians are taking fees for the house as a loveshack, since no one seems interested in buying it.
It is actually an excellent place for clandestine trysts-the house is in a remote, nearly deserted rural community on a semi-paved 1 lane road-but it is near the water, with a lovely view and what few people are around don’t make a fuss unless something is being stolen, or the place is being lit on fire...
“Clandestine Tryst House” would be a good name for a band.
It would indeed-I hadn’t thought of that. Tryst house and loveshack are a lot more polite than f*** flat, which is a term some of the guys I work with call a house used for such liasons.
Fab Melo not playing in NCAA tourney!!! Breaking news!
does SU have a “kick me” sign on their back? gees.
There’s someone named “Fab Melo”?
SU’s brazilian big man. Lingering eligibility issues.
Is his superhero nemesis named “Routine Anxiety”?
Ansieded rutina
Gesundheit.
OmG obama in Dayton with Cameron was just on at the NCAA I’m vomiting til I’m dry heaving. Overt suckup to Ohio electoral votes. He is loathsome.
Only he would be lame enough to show up at a play-in game.
I don’t know who the announcer was talking to him, but he was a head taller. Bammy looked small, slight and oh so lame. Not the least bit presidential.
you, me and theO himself.
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