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Word For The Day, Thursday, August 16, 2012 - aliquant
dictionaries ad nauseam | 16 August 2012 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 08/16/2012 4:20:43 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".

aliquant \AL-i-kwuhnt\, adjective
Contained in a number or quantity, but not dividing it evenly: An aliquant part of 16 is 5.

Example sentences:
Cunning is the aliquant of talent; as hypocrisy is of religion; all the threes in the universe cannot make ten.
-- Thomas Hall, The Fortunes and Adventures of Raby Rattler and His Man Floss

...even though that number was an odd number and by a quarter the number of his confiteors, even though four was an aliquant part of two thousand to hundred and nineteen, nothing being changed with regard to the masses...
-- Raymond Queneau, The Blue Flowers

Etymology:
Aliquant stems from the Latin roots ali- meaning "differently" and quantus meaning "great."

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

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!


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To: secret garden

xsboy and his best friend Andrew were aliquant of the crowd last night at the Luke Bryan concert at JMU [James Madison U. for those who aren’t in the know]. They drove 3 hours, scalped tickets for $10 each and were in the 8th row. They could not believe their good luck. A good pal from St James goes to JMU and has his apt already so they had a place to stay last night.


21 posted on 08/16/2012 6:10:27 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NicknamedBob

Eh? (scratching head...)


22 posted on 08/16/2012 6:31:25 AM PDT by SAJ (What is the next tagline some overweening mod will censor?)
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To: secret garden

While Ryan was studious in college, learning economics and things aliquant, BO was tokin’ up and being a delinquent...


23 posted on 08/16/2012 6:39:43 AM PDT by mikrofon (Conservatives are an Aliquant of the Elephant.)
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To: ConorMacNessa
Atta boy!
24 posted on 08/16/2012 6:57:12 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: left that other site

Because they cheat. A for you.


25 posted on 08/16/2012 6:58:04 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: NeoCaveman; hobbes1; SoothingDave
isn't this one of your metalhead heroes?
26 posted on 08/16/2012 6:58:04 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Giuliani is so right about him. A+ for you.


27 posted on 08/16/2012 7:00:24 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: NicknamedBob

A for you!


28 posted on 08/16/2012 7:02:57 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: NeoCaveman

Then I can wish you a Merry Christmas! A for you.


29 posted on 08/16/2012 7:04:33 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy
A for you. They lucked out. Who is Luke Bryan?
Moving back into the dorms this weekend here.
30 posted on 08/16/2012 7:06:13 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: mikrofon

Very true and A for you! Uncle Choo Choo and the Choom must go!


31 posted on 08/16/2012 7:11:15 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden
Don't know him, myself, but apparently he's a CMT hottie bc Paula was breathless with jealousy. I saw in googling him that he has a song entitled Take My Drunk Ass Home.
32 posted on 08/16/2012 7:12:43 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

So I’m guessing there were lots of girls in the audience.


33 posted on 08/16/2012 7:16:32 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: left that other site
You want to talk about corruption? Take a gander at this hot mess.
34 posted on 08/16/2012 7:17:56 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy

They didn’t “scalp” tickets. They bought them from a scalper.

If anything, they were the scalpees, not the scalpers.


35 posted on 08/16/2012 7:35:30 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: secret garden
Despite Obama's War on Women, an aliquant number of them are swooning to see Paul Ryan's 6-pack abs. Be still my heart.
36 posted on 08/16/2012 7:39:23 AM PDT by tioga
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To: secret garden

that was xshub’s guess, he said Luke Bryan is good, and that he’s a big fave of the girlies. the concert was at some fairgrounds down there, so not exactly some intimate venue.


37 posted on 08/16/2012 7:45:53 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

and this is why you are considered to be the huge @$$pain that you are : )


38 posted on 08/16/2012 7:52:18 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: tioga
the second most popular search term associated with Ryan was "shirtless."

i can attest to this!!! when i had coffee with my friends on Sat AM, Ellen was not familiar with Paul Ryan and so i was googling a pic for her and the first search term that popped up was paul ryan shirtless and i was like WHOA! but then alas and alack there were no pix!

39 posted on 08/16/2012 7:55:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: tioga

I was talking to one of my friends on the trail today and he asked what I thought about Romney’s pick and I said I could not be happier with it. He said his wife said this is the best looking ticket we’ve had in a very long time and there’s nothing wrong with that! BTW, she’s a lawyer. A for you.


40 posted on 08/16/2012 8:12:09 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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