Word for the Day, Monday, 12/10/12-- quiddity

12/10/12 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Monday, 12/10/12

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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".

quiddity; noun

noun, plural quid·di·ties. 1. the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing. 2. a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.

Etymology:1539, "captious nicety in argument" from M.L. quidditas, lit. "whatness," from L. quid "what," neut. of quis (see who). Sense developed from scholastic disputes over the nature of things. Original meaning "real essence or nature of a thing" is attested in Eng. from 1569.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
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....

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[xsmommy]

A+++ i like what you did there ; )

[mikrofon]

That the Takers voted for Obama with the understanding that more goodies would be forthcoming is a simple case of quiddity pro quo

[xsmommy]

good one! A++++

[SoothingDave]

We’ll see. I’m off soon to Houston for the week. I guess it was 80 degrees yesterday, but going down to freezing tonight.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I might have to get those - my daughter got a rescue dog and he is not housebroken. He’s been good but we have to watch him like a hawk!

[tioga]

I think the only ones who have that gene are stay at home moms who’s kids have gone off to school.....that was when I started to really care. One winter of watching HGTV taught me a lot. I have to limit my time at those shows or I would be constantly redecorating. Too expensive. But I didn’t like knick knacks (or tchotchkes as they say in the biz” when I finally got sick of dusting. Took awhile to get people to stop giving me things like that. I had to flat out tell a few of them.

All I want for Christmas is a car starter for my new car. I, literally, sat on Santa’s lap at the children’s party and told him what I wanted. There is a picture of that event floating around on the internet....much to my chagrin.

[VRWCmember]

Simmer down there little lady. LOL. It was bad enough that he underreacted to to the severity of the crisis, but then had the temerity to tell you to simmer down. Thank you for sharing that experience. I feel better about myself now. Sort of like how I feel so much smarter when I watch the guys on Duck Dynasty.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you very much. Gall bladder attack. I think surgery will be tonight. Prayers are very much appreciated.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you very much. Gall bladder attack. I think surgery will be tonight. Prayers are very much appreciated.

[tioga]

Prayers sent.

[xsmommy]

Thank you for understanding! Anyone who knows us in real life knows he’s the KING of over-reacting and I’m normally the rational one. If it were something work related he’d have been orbiting the moon over it. He was making casual chitchat to me while I was in the throes of whirling over the window treatments. And when he said simmer down I thought OMG DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT to me? But I reached down and found my rational self and never even said anything in response to it. I will ALWAYS have more self control than he : )

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ha! I’ve got you beat on the shades. Being married to an engineer, we have always moved every 5 years until we got to WI. Shade cleaning was never a problem — we just moved. But, I’ve been in this house 25 years. I have mostly pleated, honeycomb shades by Levelor. The 2 large ones in the living and dining room had to be removed because I replaced the windows last year. One of them needed to be replaced because my husband had split it when trying to get a fly out of the honeycomb. Taking them down, I looked closely at them, and they were pretty grungy, so I threw both of them away. I also gave the floor length Priscilla tie backs from the bedrooms away to St. Vinnie’s. They were in great shape, but I decided that 25 years of ironing them was enough! Somebody else can have that job.

But my shock was examining the over valences that had come with the house. Sort of 18th century affairs made of drapery fabric and lined. Definintely NOT washable. OMG! The dust. Well those are down forever, but I’m saving them for the pattern in casse I want to reconstruct them.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ha! I’ve got you beat on the shades. Being married to an engineer, we have always moved every 5 years until we got to WI. Shade cleaning was never a problem — we just moved. But, I’ve been in this house 25 years. I have mostly pleated, honeycomb shades by Levelor. The 2 large ones in the living and dining room had to be removed because I replaced the windows last year. One of them needed to be replaced because my husband had split it when trying to get a fly out of the honeycomb. Taking them down, I looked closely at them, and they were pretty grungy, so I threw both of them away. I also gave the floor length Priscilla tie backs from the bedrooms away to St. Vinnie’s. They were in great shape, but I decided that 25 years of ironing them was enough! Somebody else can have that job.

But my shock was examining the over valences that had come with the house. Sort of 18th century affairs made of drapery fabric and lined. Definintely NOT washable. OMG! The dust. Well those are down forever, but I’m saving them for the pattern in casse I want to reconstruct them.

[NeoCaveman]

Your story has a ring of familiarity to it.

I can’t exactly place it.

[NeoCaveman]

But I reached down and found my rational self and never even said anything in response to it. I will ALWAYS have more self control than he : )

Self control is over rated. And bottling things up can't be healthy.

:)

[SoothingDave]

What’s HGTV? I have that blocked at my house. ;-)

[tioga]

is he not Italian?

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ha! I've got you beat on the shades. Being married to an engineer, we have always moved every 5 years until we got to WI. Shade cleaning was never a problem — we just moved. But, I've been in this house 25 years. I have mostly pleated, honeycomb shades by Levelor. The 2 large ones in the living and dining room had to be removed because I replaced the windows last year. One of them needed to be replaced because my husband had split it when trying to get a fly out of the honeycomb. Taking them down, I looked closely at them, and they were pretty grungy, so I threw both of them away. I also gave the floor length Priscilla tie backs from the bedrooms away to St. Vinnie's. They were in great shape, but I decided that 25 years of ironing them was enough! Somebody else can have that job.

But my shock was examining the over valences that had come with the house. Sort of 18th century affairs made of drapery fabric and lined. Definitely NOT washable. OMG! The dust. Well those are down forever, but I'm saving them for the pattern in case I want to reconstruct them.

[Texan5]

Earlier, I was caulking doors for my also single female neighbor, and I just finished caulking my front and back doors...

To capture the purest quiddity
Of the prevalent liberal line
You’ve got to listen closely
To their every little whine

You will soon come to realize
That all the giving they recommend
Must come from us-not from them-
Any other line is just pretend

They haven’t figured out yet that
They’ll very soon run out of “rich
Since all the rest of us are broke
They’ll find life is a real bitch

Only washable window treatments here-cheap ones. Some bought, some I made, but all can be put in the washer or tossed in the sink with the delicates. Dust is too much of a constant out here to do otherwise.

[SoothingDave]

Serenity now ... Insanity later.