;Posted on 05/28/2014 5:58:41 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 28, 2014-- veisalgia
;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".
veisalgia [vye-SAL-juh]
An alcohol-induced hangover. noun
Origin: It's from the Norwegian kveis or "uneasiness following debauchery," and the Greek algia, which means "pain," as in the pain-reliever called an analgesic.
From: Martha Barnette: “Buff Up Your Brain”
Incidentally, the Norwegians have an even more colorful word for this condition: if you have a hangover in Norway, you're said to have toemmermenn, or literally, "lumberjacks" -- presumably some who are plying their trade bright and early inside your head.
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.
Cheer up. Lundqvist is only human and had to have one bad game.
True. The backup, Talbot, gave up the last three goals, after the Rangers had (amazingly) tied it at 4-4 after being down 4-1. Tomorrow night, the game is in NY.
It was exciting until the wheels came off.
I do not suffer from veisalgia, but after hearing bossy, unelected Michele O’bigbutt dictating to schools what to feed children for lunch, I do believe that I contracted something similar, and without the help of alcohol.
I do believe that I have read and listened to all that has been said ; ) Barry was on DC101 this AM; Elliot Siegel is a huge Caps fan and supporter of the Caps. I downloaded IHeartRadio so I could listen at my desk.
He had three different radio interviews this am. Busy man. His wife is flying up there today.
We are waiting on a vote by the Houston city council on the lesbian mayor’s push for “equality” by allowing men to use the women’s restrooms in Houston. All the other blah blah in the bill is already law - discrimination protections in housing and hiring. the really sad part is that this is going to open up all sorts of problems for the city to be sued when a man goes into a women’s restroom and someone calls the police - they get questioned then sue the city for discrimination.
A+++ for your non-alcohol hangover.
I turned it on and saw it was 4-1 and figured this one was over. Very disheartening to come back to tie it, only to immediately go back in a hole.
Wild game.
It will give a license to guys who like to wag their equipment in front of the ladies. “Oh, this—I was just putting it away.”
Weird game. Tomorrow it’ll be back to low-scoring.
And when did cross dressing become "transgendered"? I thought transgendered meant you had undergone surgery to change your parts....now it appears to just mean you want to dress like the opposite sex.
You’re so cis. ;-)
Thank you for the good grade!
If that means fabulous, then yes, yes I am. ;^)
RE the Norwegian reference, I wonder if the following ditty plays in their heads:
% "I've got Toemmermenn, but I'm OK." %%
the compromise to that is the FAMILY restroom, a single serve bathroom put between the ladies and men’s room, to be used for any freaks who have some mishmash of parts, or for parents with children of the opposite sex who they don’t want going into the mens or ladies room alone. Problem solved. Freaks don’t want to be a freak alone in a single bathroom, they want some drama when they sashay in looking like they don’t belong.
Yes of course - lots of places offer those family restrooms - but the oh so progressive city of Houston didn’t even have automatic doors for the handicapped in city hall AFTER being sued for not having them 15 years ago....
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