;Posted on 11/04/2013 5:11:36 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 11/4/13
;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".
phatic; adj.
Origin: 1923; probably < Greek phat ( ós ) spoken, capable of being spoken (verbid of phánai to speak; cf. prophet) + -ic; coined (in phrase phatic communion ) by Bronislaw Malinowski
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
No pushing at the door please!
Etymology: [Word History/Etymology]
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....
Here is my example with WFTD.
What Star Parker says here sounds great, but i am worried it is just phatic
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
No pushing at the door please!
The business leadership looked at us in phatic disbelief as we rattled off a litany of acronyms while describing the outage over the weekend.
good morning. Prayers up for Cuccinelli/Obenshain/Jackson tomorrow here in VA.
A+++ was one of them FU? ; )
Phatic - the “bedroom” where you keep your obese aunt.
(must be pronounced “ont” in this definition, for some reason)
Phatic
When she says ,”Do these jeans make me look phatic?” then those jeans should have stayed in the attic!
got it!!! A+++ i am always excited when i can understand your’s right out of the box! the extra hour of sleep helped!
A+++ i have never asked that question of anyone!
I slipped that one in there... hehe
perhaps I should have added ‘crazy’ - your crazy obese aunt.
The only proper response is...Lady, it ain’t the jeans.
well don’t start making value judgments now.. ; ) LOL
In that situation you can be entirely literal and honest.
“No”
(those jeans don’t make you look fat)
Now that the “I” word is phatic
(Impeachment, if I must be emphatic)
Will the RINOs join in?
No, they’ll let Barry win
So afraid of creating some static
Sent money to Cuccinelli lastweek. Not a lot, but every little bit counts.
very interesting A++++
A+++ i hope that we can.
A++++ great!
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