;Posted on 05/20/2013 4:47:34 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 5/20/13
;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".
fractious; adj.
1. refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. 2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man.
Etymology: fractious
1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "brawling, discord" + -ous; probably on model of captious. Related: Fractiousness
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.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
A+++ well unless you are a Penn... ; ) i luuuuuuv how lundquist now sees fit to give up five goals in a game, and the rangers are showing their true mediocre selves. sorry, truthy, but i hope yinz are out in four! : )
Is your puppy still enjoying his expanded horizons? I hope so-I’m still amazed not only at Midget girl’s increasing charm and confidence, but at the improved attitude toward her from the other two cats-Husky girl’s attitude is the same-affectionate and protective...
People who score shorthanded goals in the final minute of regulation should not complain about penalty calls.
Don't apologize to Truthy for the truth. Look what I tweeted last night: @NYRangers Rangers' many flaws exposed when Lundqvist plays like ordinary goalie, instead of Superman.
The Rangers’ power play is so bad that they should just have the extra man hang around the Rangers’ bench and play 4 on 4.
He is getting the hang of the cone and keeps his head up high to prance about. Sniffing the ground is still impossible for him.
Torts, in an ‘Inside The Glass’ interview:
“I don’t know what the hell kind of game this is!”
(He & Don Cherry — you never know ;)
I’ll bet that is a sight-a dog prancing with a cone-and I’m sure it is frustrating to try to get his nose down on top of an odor and being trapped in a circular plastic headlock instead...
LOL, if Alfred$$on was doing any complaining when he scored, no one probably heard him — there was no one within 15 feel of him in the offensive zone.
If everyone could say a quick prayer for the people of OK and contribute to your preferred helping charity, that would be good. Having lived through a tornado, I HATE them.
I had a critical care instructor who was adamant that we don’t use endearments like that. It was drilled into me. He had a few other sayings as well...”if you drop the baby pick it up”. That one made me laugh, though what’s so funny about an EMT having to be told this? I shudder to think it might have happened. He alluded to it.
Just so you know, I do use them on occasion....the rare occasion. Nothing like finding out you called a child molester “hon” to cure you of that.
Studies have shown having your windows down causes a drag on the car that uses more gas than the windows up and the AC on. DH was telling me about it.
Uh-oh getting dark here, time to sedate a big dog.
Aww, poor baby. What happened to the thunder coozy thing?
It doesn’t really reduce his anxiety at all, just makes it look like he’s going to a dance recital, in black spandex.
anyone heard from the soother?
I’ll post a thread within the next half hour. I’m on central time.
Central time = Best time.
lollygagger....
“windows down”
I suppose I’ll just have to live with it...
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