Posted on 05/28/2013 5:06:46 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, May 28, 2013
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".
isolato [ahy-suh-ley-toh]
-n, pl. isolatoes
a person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.
[1850–55; < Italian < Latin insulātus. See insulate
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Oh, lighten up. I know that she knew that it was meant in the spirit of friendly garden envy! She knows how much I love peonies.
Well I don’t know you from Adam and it sounded horrible to me. Perhaps you should think before posting something that makes you sound like a vicious old harpy.
And you should be the judge because you are always so careful with your words? Haven’t you ever heard of irony as humor?
Built the chicken coop on Sunday. Still too early for them to be in it, though we gave the reds a sneek peak.
Surprisingly, weiner’s ahead of some.
He’s coming up from behind.
He’s looking for interns....what’s up with that? Knowledge of new media essential, does he mean sexting?
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