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Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 28, 2014-- veisalgia

Posted on 05/28/2014 5:58:41 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 28, 2014-- veisalgia

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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".

veisalgia [vye-SAL-juh]

hear it pronounced

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.




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To: tioga

A+++
Hardly a day passes that Mr. or Mrs. Obama doesn’t do something anti- or un-American.


61 posted on 05/28/2014 1:27:57 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Jay Carney: The (Benghazi) emails weren't about Benghazi.)
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To: tioga

Actually I think it is more likely some gun-toting Texan Dad will just shoot the freak....then face the death penalty for daring to protect his child from a predator because of this stupid legislation


62 posted on 05/28/2014 1:37:57 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

But Texas has a “he needed killing” defense.


63 posted on 05/28/2014 3:20:03 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

Yes but I think this bill will mean even looking sideways at anyone claiming to be gay will mean the death penalty for the evil white republican.


64 posted on 05/28/2014 3:31:05 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; SoothingDave

“he needed killing” is sometimes a defense, isn’t it? I don’t know anyone who hasn’t said that at least once in conversation about a bad person who met a bad end because, well-he needed killing, but I’ve been shouted at, called a bitch and worse for saying it in conversation with people who are not from around here, as in Texas/the Southwest...


65 posted on 05/28/2014 3:36:55 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I don’t see that working anywhere but in places like the non-straight Disneyland neighborhoods of big cities, and I don’t see it going anywhere in areas with a large minority population-like Hispanics, etc-nope, not at all...


66 posted on 05/28/2014 3:40:53 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5; SoothingDave

Well, it passed. Crying and hugs all over the room when the vote was announced... 11 for and 6 against. Not sure what happened because it was claimed to have been tied with one vote that was going to determine. Several people caved.


67 posted on 05/28/2014 8:29:59 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

The cure for a hangover never changes....1 quart of Gatorade, and 2 advil...before bed.....you’ll feel a little...thin..mentally..but not hungover...


68 posted on 05/29/2014 3:22:10 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"yo)
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