Posted on 02/14/2013 4:41:53 AM PST 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".
allocution \al-uh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun
1. A formal speech, especially one of an incontrovertible or hortatory nature.
2. A pronouncement delivered by the pope to a secret consistory, especially on a matter of policy or of general importance.
Example sentences:
The little crowd, with some ironical cheers and hootings, nevertheless felt the force of Madame Fribsby's vigorous allocution, and retreated before her…
-- William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis
Towards midday, the abbé Pirard took leave of his pupils, not without first delivering a severe allocution.
-- Stendhal, The Red and the Black
Etymology:
Allocution stems from the Latin root alloquī which meant to "to speak, address." The suffix -ion forms nouns from stems, as in the words communion and opinion.
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 Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
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!
Okay, then-he can keep the market-not many slang expressions of the ethnic variety get by me, but that one did.
Every time I turn the TV on, I hear either about the rogue cop-is he really dead-or about the people on the Klingon prison ship, otherwise known as a Carnival cruise ship. I heard the victims would be given $500, a full ticket refund, and a voucher for another nightmare cruise, if they care to risk life and health again.
Doesn’t sound like much to me-I’ve only been on one cruise, and it was wretched and boring-we left the ship at the second POC, rented a car and struck out on our own to see the sights-how much does it cost now to travel in squalor, anyway?
Foxes are great fun to watch, aren’t they? I see them hurrying about their business in the woods when I’m hiking, but they don’t come into yards-most dogs on this road are big or huge, except for a couple of medium sized terriers that bark and go after anything that moves. Husky girl likes to listen to the trilling noise raccoons make at night-she will sit by the gate, eyes trained on the spot in the woods that the noise is coming from until it stops or I bring her inside.
Klingon prison ship - that’s funny! My friends have tried talking me into a cruise, but I don’t get the allure. I’d rather not be boxed in a tiny room with a 24 hour buffet going. I’d rather be on the beach, doing something.
DH and I had our Valentine’s Dinner out last night. In the next booth was a liberal ranting on about Boehner and Republicans to the point that I finally turned around leaned around his wife and stared at him. He faltered for a minute at which time I figured I made my point. He quieted down and changed the subject. Idiot lib was not going to ruin my dinner.
There was an impressive electrocution in Rome after BXVI's resignation allocution...
Well, Klingon prison ships are always talked about in the Star Trek movies as the worst torture in the known universe...
Aside from the fact that I’m claustrophobic, on that cruise I developed an appreciation of how my ancestors must have felt crammed into a tiny space below deck in a galleon on the way to the new world from Spain-it was enough, along with the boredom to get my husband and I to abandon ship and control the rest of our vacation ourselves-we actually had a great time once we ditched the cruise, prowling the markets and historical sites...
You showed remarkable restraint-I’d probably have been a real bitch, and demanded to be seated elsewhere because that idiot wouldn’t shut up.
Saw this on twitter:
Did you hear the Pope gave up his job for Lent?
Not possible....every table was taken....they left shortly after. We had parked next to a friend’s car...DH texted him and told him he hit a truck with the rig (he is our squad capt)but turns out his cell was in his car. Did chat with them on their way out, as we had a table near the entrance. Place was full up the day before Valentine’s Day. Amazing.
Shouldn’t try editing on the fly.......meant to say we couldn’t even find our friends...the place was full with long waits to get in.
Such vital allocution for this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2988364/posts
(Frankly, you’d have to be a zombie to live there. While I like Canadians, it’s so boring!)
A belated A+ for you. I’m playing catch-up this morning.
Whenever I hear Boo, I think Radley.
A+ for you! Don’t you wish we could always capture those moments when we beg for some divine intervention?
How bizarre, eh? A+ for you.
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