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Word For The Day, Thursday, August 9, 2012 - nubilous
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Posted on 08/09/2012 6:01:13 AM PDT by secret garden
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To: secret garden
And why do people say can when they really mean the word may?
Why do people say jealous when they really mean envious?
Why do some people misspell the word Syracuse and mispronounce the word corpsman?
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:02:48 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: secret garden
Nubilous..Nubilous comes from the Latin root nūb meaning "cloud." That seems right enough. When the Ganns brothers of Ganns Auto Towing and Facial Massage, towed a couch home there was a cloud of couch following the tow truck and only a wore down nub of the couch arrived. It was nubilous!
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:08:27 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: xsmommy
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:09:37 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: mikrofon
Exactly right. A+ for you.
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:10:49 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Silentgypsy
I think you meant nubilous. That’s the beauty of language. So many choices.
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:15:41 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Buckeye McFrog
It does sound like surfer speak. A for you and welcome to WFTD!
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:17:01 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
maybe i am wrong, but think of nebulous as meaning vague and unformed, just kind of floating around loose; but nubilous makes me think of something formed but just clouded over, vague because you can’t see it clearly for the clouds.
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:18:54 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: ladyjane
Why do they say affect when they mean effect?
We can do this ALL DAY! ;)
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:19:56 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: count-your-change
You always bring the fresh view. A for you!
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:21:49 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: xsmommy
You are not wrong.
I am going to take on the persona of Henry the Indian from Longmire and refrain from using contractions. I love Lou in that role.
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posted on
08/09/2012 9:24:49 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Red face face palm Thank you!
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posted on
08/09/2012 10:53:47 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
To: xsmommy
Know this sign on Rt. 66?
To: xsmommy
To: secret garden; hobbes1
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posted on
08/09/2012 12:15:30 PM PDT
by
Hegewisch Dupa
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To: secret garden
How about a parody?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
Over many a nubilous volume of Obama’s tax lore-
As in boredom, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of someone loudly rapping, beating on my chamber door-
‘Tis the taxman, I muttered, banging at my chamber door-
To haul me off, and maybe more...
Or maybe not...
With all the nubilous weasel words
Emanating from the loony left
The only thing we can expect
Is more of the same old theft
From our empty, depleted wallets
They demand that we pay more
For everything from gas to food-
And even higher prices in store
Hold on to your last dollar-
They’ll be wanting that as well
It would be best come November
To just tell them to go to hell
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posted on
08/09/2012 1:22:53 PM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: secret garden
“Say affect when they mean effect?”
A pet peeve of mine-oh, well-
Potato, po-tahto, tomato, to-mahto-let’s call the whole thing off...
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posted on
08/09/2012 1:28:55 PM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
A+ for you. Did you see our girls win the gold in soccer today? Very exciting.
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posted on
08/09/2012 2:48:05 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Texan5
Very, very good. A+ for you. Another one of my pet peeves is when people mispronounce height and say it with an extra “h” at the end. I always pipe up and say heighth is not a word.
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posted on
08/09/2012 2:50:27 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Id din’t know, and I appreciate any info - I’m moving Saturday, and been able to watch very, very little Olympics. Always great to hear Gold Medal updates!
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posted on
08/09/2012 2:57:32 PM PDT
by
Hegewisch Dupa
(Vote for Goode, end up with evil, pat self on back repeatedly)
To: SoothingDave
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posted on
08/09/2012 3:03:07 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
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