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Word for the Day, Monday, July 22, 2013-- welter
7/22/13 | xs

Posted on 07/22/2013 5:44:19 AM PDT by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, 7/22/13

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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".

welter; verb, noun

1. to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea. 2. to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often followed by about ): pigs weltering about happily in the mud. 3. to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood. 4. to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair. noun 5. a confused mass; a jumble or muddle: a welter of anxious faces. 6. a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise attack. 7. a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the shore through the mighty welter.

Etymology: 1250–1300; Middle English, frequentative (see -er6 ) of welten to roll, Old English weltan; cognate with Middle Dutch welteren, Low German weltern to roll

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.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....




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To: afraidfortherepublic

saw that, seems a bit heavy-handed but maybe there was more to the story. A+++


21 posted on 07/22/2013 6:30:49 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

WHile last week’s heat wave left many sweltering and hibernating is their homes/basements, some of us who *despise* the winter weltered in it’s glory, guzzling water and gatorade and beer thru-out the day and evenings.


22 posted on 07/22/2013 6:34:06 AM PDT by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: theDentist

it’s amazing that it was cooler in FL than in VA while we were on vaca last week. it was humid but temps were always in the 80s. ocean breeze was nice too.


23 posted on 07/22/2013 6:37:55 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: theDentist

A+++


24 posted on 07/22/2013 6:38:09 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden

Wow. He makes Cromartie look like an amature!


25 posted on 07/22/2013 6:39:08 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: xsmommy
Welter: Someone who has extremely cold ankles
26 posted on 07/22/2013 7:41:18 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: Cowman; MrB

MrB i need your help in deciphering this pun. i am pun-challenged!


27 posted on 07/22/2013 7:49:59 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

Gone for a week and they changed management at my parking garage across from my ofc. Same people there for the past 20 years, now it’s new peeps. Cannot log in to my voicemail, bc it’s not taking my password. Cannot log into the timekeeping feature, bc it was time to change the password and it’s not accepting my answer to the security question [what is the city of your birth: i tried Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NONE WORK! ok, i am not wrong on the city of my birth, so something is awry here.]


28 posted on 07/22/2013 7:53:03 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Can’t place it right off, though it might refer to a piece of clothing or swollen ankles.


29 posted on 07/22/2013 7:54:10 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: xsmommy

The weltering has begun for the royal baby. Boy or girl?


30 posted on 07/22/2013 8:00:28 AM PDT by tioga
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To: Cowman; MrB

okay, i hate doing this, bc it is a drag to have to make someone explain their homework, and i look like a dunce for not being able to see the pun, but i called in an expert [mrB] and he doesn’t get it either. Cowman, explain yourself!


31 posted on 07/22/2013 8:02:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: tioga

i’m going to guess girl.


32 posted on 07/22/2013 8:04:11 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Ah, but wouldn’t it be hilarious to post an nonsensical pun with no explanation then leave?


33 posted on 07/22/2013 8:08:11 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: xsmommy

So you missed an eventful week, it seems.

Have you tried the Mt Dew Kickstart? I had an orange one on the beach. Not too bad.

Not exactly diet, but it has 5% real juice and 80 calories for the can. 20 g sugar.

A Monster drink has 54 g sugar.


34 posted on 07/22/2013 8:14:18 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy
You have never heard the expression ‘Colder than a well digger's ankles?’
35 posted on 07/22/2013 8:14:46 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: xsmommy

I would guess girl as well. Things can’t go that smoothly for the couple. Two girls, then a boy.


36 posted on 07/22/2013 8:15:40 AM PDT by tioga
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To: Cowman

no, i’m but i am familiar with the witches boobs....


37 posted on 07/22/2013 8:17:08 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
no, i’m but i am familiar with the witches boobs....

Let's not bring Biden and Reid into this

38 posted on 07/22/2013 8:25:29 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: Cowman

LMAO!!!


39 posted on 07/22/2013 8:26:09 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave
are you going with her, are you a blackhawk dad? honestly, i would run screaming if i encountered anyone from that group!
40 posted on 07/22/2013 8:27:00 AM PDT by xsmommy
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