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Word For The Day, Thursday, October 4, 2012 - strepitous
dictionaries ad nauseam | 4 October 2012 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 10/04/2012 4:30:44 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".

strepitous \STREP-i-tuhs\, adjective
boisterous; noisy.

Example sentences:
But what strepitous sounds, what harmonious tumult diverts my attention to another part ?
-- José Francisco de Isla, The History of the Famous Preacher, Friar Gerund de Campazas

Here is no idyllic meditative retreat from the strepitous city but a scene of virile action—fields sounding with human labor, vibrating with human energy.
-- Beulah B. Amram, "Swinburne and Carducci," The Yale Review

Etymology:
Strepitous stems from the Latin word strepit which meant "noise."

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: tioga

spitting image!


61 posted on 10/04/2012 7:03:24 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave
Romeny hit it out of the park, not allowing Obama to get away with any of his mischaracterizations of Romeny’s economics

Are you mis-spelling Romney's name on purpose? The reason I ask is that I wonder about its derivition. Just as every Miller had a miller in his ancestry, and every Silverstein probably had a money lender , or a silversmith, in his ancestry, does Romney come from Romeny? IOW, were the Romney ancestors gypsies at some point in their evolution? (Earlier than their treks to Utah, Mexico, and back again.)

62 posted on 10/04/2012 7:06:06 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
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To: SoothingDave
Romeny hit it out of the park, not allowing Obama to get away with any of his mischaracterizations of Romeny’s economics

Are you mis-spelling Romney's name on purpose? The reason I ask is that I wonder about its derivition. Just as every Miller had a miller in his ancestry, and every Silverstein probably had a money lender , or a silversmith, in his ancestry, does Romney come from Romeny? IOW, were the Romney ancestors gypsies at some point in their evolution? (Earlier than their treks to Utah, Mexico, and back again.)

63 posted on 10/04/2012 7:06:06 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
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To: secret garden

Strepitous

This one is easy since our local medicine man started reading books. He said a patient had a infection called a strepitous troat (I think he meant throat but he’s foreign, N.Y., or some other place).

I guess strepitous does mean noisey cause that infected throat produced more useless noise than the t.v. news.


64 posted on 10/04/2012 7:06:06 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: xsmommy
A for you! I'm off to get yard signs today.
65 posted on 10/04/2012 7:06:56 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

wish i could get you the ones i have in my family room!


66 posted on 10/04/2012 7:08:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NonValueAdded
A for you and welcome to WFTD!
67 posted on 10/04/2012 7:08:43 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy
I am thinking MO was not in the mood last night.........yeah, a headache for sure.
68 posted on 10/04/2012 7:12:25 AM PDT by tioga
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To: left that other site

A for you! What a night!


69 posted on 10/04/2012 7:13:03 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I saw that. Very funny stuff. Then I spotted that pic on Twitter. Too funny.


70 posted on 10/04/2012 7:13:41 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

what happened to that thread?? I copied that pic to send to my friends and family and when i got back to FR the thread was pulled. that pic speaks a thousand words [all profane] LMAO!


71 posted on 10/04/2012 7:13:51 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Nope. Sometimes my fingers get out of order.


72 posted on 10/04/2012 7:14:47 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

Priceless!

I also loved the line from R directed at O, “I’ve been in business 25 years, and I have no idea what you are talking about!”


73 posted on 10/04/2012 7:18:58 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Joe Biden is reported to be seeking asylum in a foreign country so he does not have to debate Ryan.)
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To: xsmommy

what was it? a caption this photo thread? LOL I found that on FoxNation from my twitter feed.


74 posted on 10/04/2012 7:20:07 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

don’t recall exactly what the thread was titled, but that was where i saw the pic.


75 posted on 10/04/2012 7:21:07 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Romney: “you spent two years fighting for Obamacare not fighting for jobs”.

Oh, yeah.......that one resonates.


76 posted on 10/04/2012 7:23:37 AM PDT by tioga
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Meanwhile algore blamed the thin air. A+ for you!


77 posted on 10/04/2012 7:23:49 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: mikrofon

They said David Plouffe, his fluffer, was crying. A for you!


78 posted on 10/04/2012 7:25:18 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: xsmommy

One of the funnier Tweets this morning:

That wasn’t a debate so much as Mitt Romney just took Obama for a cross country drive strapped to the roof of his car.


79 posted on 10/04/2012 7:27:36 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga; NeoCaveman; SoothingDave; Hegewisch Dupa; hobbes1
i'm thinking that Hillary follows the same @iliket!tsdaily twitterfeed that O does! LMAO!!
80 posted on 10/04/2012 7:54:05 AM PDT by xsmommy
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