Posted on 02/06/2014 4:34:56 AM PST 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".
neologize \ nee-OL-uh-jahyz \ , verb
1. to make or use new words or create new meanings for existing words.
2. to devise or accept new religious doctrines.
Example sentences:
Scientists at Northwestern University, inspired by the faux pundits ability to neologize, created a set of nouns for Colbertian, which they could use to test the effects of bilingualism.
-- Amina Khan, Bilingualism: Stephen Colbert's 'truthiness' inspires a language, The Los Angeles Times, 2012
In the meanwhile, necessity obliges us to neologize.
-- Thomas Jefferson, To John Waldo, 1813, Jefferson: Political Writings , 1999
Etymology:
Neologize joins the Greek neo meaning "new" with a variant on logy , a combining form derived from the Greek logos meaning "word, speech, discourse, reason." This verb entered English in the early 1800s.
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!
Crazy low population Appalachian Hooters knockoff.
No doubt.
One girl tending bar. Black, so hooray diversity. And one other girl, white red hair, working the tables.
Poor little thing. Probably easier to breathe now.
At least that ingrate didn’t score on us. We got one point.
No, but you are more likely to find hospitality. And you did.
I was deliberately providing an extreme example of intolerance, because liberals never know where to stop-look at NY... I’m able to be tolerant even of them, as long as they pay on time, and I don’t have to be around them after work-a paying customer is a paying customer.
If I spend hard earned money to go out, I will deal with pretty much anything but whining, running kids, or adults who act like they are at a sports bar-I really value a pleasant meal in a semi-quiet surrounding...
I totally understand
I don’t watch the show, but I saw her before and after pictures on Fox-I don’t see anything amiss-one size does not fit all, and she appears to have a small frame, and be somewhat athletic. If this weight is a natural thing for her, she will keep it with normal activity and healthy diet only-no extreme stuff.
The last time my BMI was at 18, I was pregnant-and I come from a slender, small boned family. My normal weight is 108-110, I wear a size 5-maybe a 4 in a dress, and I don’t do anything special to maintain it-I do eat mostly veggies and fruit-and fish, some lean meat, I don’t like sweets, and like most of my relatives, I do not use any drugs-only natural remedies, vitamins, etc. I’m not bony, I am wiry and strong for my size from years of physical work and hiking. Many active or athletic people are lightweights-runners, etc. We are all different-but that girl weighing over 200 at age 24 is not natural in any way...
When she stepped out onto the finale stage even the trainers were stunned! Her face was gaunt - that was the first thing I noticed. I've watched this show since the very beginning and have never seen anyone look like her! Her upper arms looked much like the craggy photo of Madonna that was going around - with the spaces between bone and muscle - just not at all what this show was about, which is fitness. You have never been a heavy woman so 105 or 108 is your normal size, I do not think 105 is normal for this athletic girl. Maybe if you had seen her moving - rather than just a photo. Or if you had seen her three months ago and how she looked then - it might alter your opinion
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