Posted on 06/06/2013 4:13:59 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".
orotund \OR-uh-tund\ adjective
1. marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : sonorous
2. pompous, bombastic
Example sentences:
Josh cleared his throat dramatically, then did a dead-on impression of the professor's orotund, patronizing speech.
"Comedian Bob Hope used to tell an anecdote about Franklin D. Roosevelt housetraining his Scottish terrier, Fala, on the Chicago Tribune. It was a reference to Roosevelt's greatest hater,Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, an orotund aristocrat who considered the New Deal indistinguishable from Communism."
— From a post by Edward McClellan on NBC Chicago's Ward Room blog, April 23, 2013
Etymology:
The Latin roots of "orotund" are related to two more common English words—"oral" and "rotund." Latin "or-" means "mouth," and "rotundus" means "round" or "circular." The Roman poet Horace joined forms of those Latin terms to create the phrase "ore rotundo," literally meaning "with round mouth," and figuratively meaning "with well-turned speech." "Ore rotundo" was modified to "orotund" and adopted into English in the late 18th century. It can indicate either strength of delivery or inflated wording.
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!
Thank you! There was a cheeky raccoon eating sunflower seeds from one of the bird feeders under the trees when I came into the gate from the woods this morning-it just looked at me as I passed by and kept munching.
Hearing about the snooping on Verizon is giving me the creeps, added to all the other stuff-are we sure that J. Edgar is really dead?...
“Lunatic fringe, we know you’re out there
You’re in hiding, and you hold your meetings”...
Did you see the story of this idiot?
This is notable for the fact that someone at the DNC still has a functioning sense of shame.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/spain-seeks-us-slim-overweight-19332078#.UbC9U6KPOSo
Don’t you hate it when you miss a decimal place and build a submarine 70 tons too heavy to float?
They’ve come a long way from the Armada days.
It isn’t helping my mood that I am watching the oversight hearings today and wish I could reach inside the TV and smack the former commish. Such arrogance. Even the democrats are feigning outrage.
The cancellation of the private pay-for-play lovefest is no more than the idiot deserved-just goes to show what a shameless whore our government has become.
Spain seems to need a brain transplant, doesn’t it? I’ve never been all that proud of my Spanish ancestry-my Native American ancestors were not nearly as greedy or cruel...
Thanks ... e.g. Luciano Pastrio- ..er- Pavarotti
(Son of a baker, BTW ;)
I’ve spent the past hour fooling with that damn truck, driving up and down 1/2 mile of the road, trying to figure out what makes it get locked in park so I can’t get into gear, or get my keys out of the ignition without using a screwdriver to operate the manual override switch.
Only thing I’ve found is that the mechanism works fine-shifts from park, releases the keys, etc, as long as the engine hasn’t been running for more than 2 minutes-after that, no way in hell will it work...
I dont suppose a series of short trips would work for you?
If you had insufficient power the switches and solenoids would fail to function. But that would make more sense if it didnt work when on battery. If charging system was bad i would expect it to get worse each time you stopped and started again.
You might want to find the fuse powering these and change it. Could be a weak point and a cheap thing to try.
The power was the first thing I thought of, but the battery is new, and has been charging fine-I’ve made several trips for work of 30 miles or so-I’ve had to resort to the screwdriver every time I stopped.
Thanks for the idea- I’ll check the fuses tomorrow morning-I’m sort of tired of the thing for now...
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