Posted on 05/30/2013 4:17:29 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".
battology \buh-TOL-uh-jee\ , noun
wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Example sentences:
They weren't political or surrealist, they weren't witty or comic. They were only the monotonous evidence of a civic battology.
-- George Friel, Mr Alfred M.A., 1972
I kept volleying this along the walls of my skull, aspiring by battology to battle.
-- Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, 1994
Etymology:
Battology entered English in the late 1500s from the Greek word battologia meaning "speaking stammeringly" from battos meaning "stammerer" and -logia meaning "one who speaks (in a certain manner)."
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!
You will love it.
I knew all the good puns would be taken by now...
Pelosi is the old bat I thought of ...bat shit crazy battology from her.
The intellectually arid dunes of the speakers battology were constructed ad hoc from a witless verbage that ground vast barrancas from the minescule etching of each sand grain upon the hard granite of ancient wisdom.
This crappy battology.....
Sounds interesting. I am enjoying my current book club book, The Night Circus. It’s quirky but mesmerizing. A for you!
In our house, we have abbreviated the phrase to bosco, or totally bosco for BSC. A for you and welcome to WFTD!
Like sands through the hourglass...A for you.
I LOVE THAT!
Bosco!
Both of them!
Cloudy here-it was drizzling this morning-
The drive-by media is stunned-
Nearly speechless in grief
After their endless battology
It is most certainly a relief
They found they’ve been spied on
And now they are freaking out
They understand the feeling
Of being paranoid and in doubt
Most resist meeting with Holder
Someplace reached by secret ways-
I guess they heard the laughter
Of the ghosts from Nixon’s days...
I like bats-a neighbor and I helped a game warden put several bat houses on the cliffs a couple years ago, and they are in use from summer to fall, keeping down the mosquito population.
A+ to a fellow batlover! I call my car the batmobile because it’s long and black. No cool gadgets though.
Thank you!
Anything that eats mosquitos is a friend of mine, especially since living in the country precludes using any heavy-duty pesticides because of runoff into groundwater and ingestion by livestock. Conservation and natural lifestyle is a must if you want pure water and uncontaminated food.
Swing, batter, swing! A+ for you.
Similar, but not to be confused with the “Bartology” proffered by the current corrupt cabal:
“I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove anything!”
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