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Word For The Day, Thursday, August 9, 2012 - nubilous
dictionaries ad nauseam
| 9 August 2012
| Thursday's sub
Posted on 08/09/2012 6:01:13 AM PDT by secret garden
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".
nubilous \NOO-buh-luhs\, adjective
1. Cloudy or foggy.
2. Obscure or vague; indefinite..
Example sentences:
...trunks as thick as whisky casks and bark like rough-out leather, tower overhead so that the path between them is sheltered from the sun, creating a nubilous atmosphere, soft and pungent with resins, while soft brown needles cushion one's tread.
-- Michael Petracca, Captain Zzyzx
The sky above, dark and nubilous, parted like torn, plump bread and under a sun absorbent and intense, the water began to recede over low bridges. The storm was ending.
-- Elizabeth Léonie Simpson, Stranger From Home
Etymology:
Nubilous comes from the Latin root nūb meaning "cloud."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:02:12 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
can’t shine if it’s nubilous!
3
posted on
08/09/2012 6:03:14 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: secret garden
The rancher remarked to his son, "That nubilous having his way with every cow in the herd."
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:05:11 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
To: xsmommy
A for you!
5
posted on
08/09/2012 6:05:28 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Hoodat
A for you and welcome to WFTD!
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:06:25 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Now that I am no longer a n00b, my posts are less nubilous.
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:07:33 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
To: secret garden
Mitt's Veep pick is still
nubilous. Don't want Tpaw, Portman or Jindal, but would be ok with Rubio, Ryan or McDonnell. It's getting on time to take out the brass knuckles.
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:16:57 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: secret garden
The
nubilous musings of president noob never fail to astound.
9
posted on
08/09/2012 6:22:35 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
("If I had a son he'd look like B.O.'s lunch" - Rin Tin Tin)
To: secret garden; xsmommy
The CA clan missed their flight last night, got up this morning to head to the airport and found the text. 7 hours late. The letdown is killing me. I am losing a day with them.
10
posted on
08/09/2012 6:22:42 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: secret garden
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:30:20 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: xsmommy
Brass Knuckles = a Rubio or Ryan.
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:31:55 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: tioga
They will be here soon enough, don’t let the disappointment get you down. Your chicks are headed for your nest!
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:33:15 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: secret garden
O’s history: nebulous, nubilous
Says Mitt’s hiding secrets: ridiculous
And where is his answer
On false ad, re: cancer?
He’s shameless, disgraceful, unscrupulous
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:33:54 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(I didn't write this by myself. Obama helped me. Everyone helped me.)
To: left that other site
A for you!
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:37:16 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: NeoCaveman
Satan chuckles. Seriously, Catholics should take what a KENNEDY says about Catholic religion as gospel? I don't give a dang what anyone's beliefs are, they are entitled to them, but DAMMIT, do NOT try to tell me what the CHURCH's beliefs are as seen through the prism of your own leftwing ideology. Drives me insane.
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:37:25 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: secret garden
Some say that Dear Reader is nubilous
To others, knowingly unscrupulous.
But whichever you choose
We’ve got so much to lose-
With him, our survival is dubious…
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:41:35 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(NObama '12)
To: NeoCaveman
A+ for you!
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:41:43 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Nubilous. hmm... So similar to nebulous. Why do we need two words?
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:41:44 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: secret garden
I prefer to use the term “nebulous” more than “nubulous.”
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posted on
08/09/2012 6:41:56 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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