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Word For The Day, Thursday, 6/13/02
The Verbivores
| 6/13/02
| Teacher
Posted on 06/13/2002 6:58:45 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the word of 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....
dross \dross\, noun:
drossy; adjective
1. Waste or impure matter: discarded the dross after recycling the wood pulp.
2. The scum that forms on the surface of molten metal as a result of oxidation.
3. Worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter:
He was wide-awake and his mind worked clearly, purged of all dross (Vladimir Nabokov).
4. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
Etymology: Middle English dros, from Old English drOs dregs. Date: before 12th century
TOPICS: Education; Humor; Miscellaneous; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: 61302; students; thursday; wordfortheday
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To: Students
Oh now this is FUNNY!
Beijing: The Onion Tricked Us
Lacking any kind of a funny bone, the Beijing Evening News is now blaming its report that the U.S. Capitol is about to be moved on The Onion - a satirical Web site which publishes outlandish parodies most 7-year-olds in the West would instantly recognize as a spoof.
Not so the grim-faced communists who run Beijing's state-run million-circulation daily - they fell for the satire hook, line and sinker and now they are blaming The Onion for doing what The Onion does.
To: camle
LOL, I like it!
To: RikaStrom
well you didn't like my original alma mater...
this is plan B
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posted on
06/13/2002 10:56:25 AM PDT
by
camle
To: xsmommy;gabz
what the heck are you doing there? she's drinking from the beer vat, silly!
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:04:56 AM PDT
by
camle
To: camle
aha!
165
posted on
06/13/2002 11:08:39 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Sampling the beer vat???????
I don't know - someone posted it on the FReepathon who had swiped it from the USO Canteen!!!
I just liked it!!!
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:10:26 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: Gabz
I always thought you preferred swimming in the beer vat, and drinking from there...
167
posted on
06/13/2002 11:13:24 AM PDT
by
camle
To: Gabz
i am praying that it is not raining by the time i have to leave here, as i am umbrella-less and wearing a white tshirt. since i have no wet tshirt contest to enter, this would be a bad thing.....
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:16:35 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I don't think it'd be bad at all....
169
posted on
06/13/2002 11:17:09 AM PDT
by
camle
To: xsmommy
Just the way you like to go home to Consuela....
170
posted on
06/13/2002 11:19:05 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: camle
since my path from here to the parking garage across the street is a virtual..gauntlet....these are the kinds of things i worry about in advance.
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:19:34 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
well.. if it rains... I wanna see the vid.
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:21:41 AM PDT
by
camle
To: camle
the boys in this class are video obsessed!!!
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:22:47 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
And your point is...
never mind,. I can see both of 'em
Boingie, Boingie, Boingie...
yep things are bustin' out all over, ain't they?
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:24:37 AM PDT
by
camle
To: xsmommy;CholeraJoe
the boys in this class are video obsessed!!!
Yes VIVIDly
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:24:50 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: xsmommy;dubyaismypresident
This is the mystery of the quotient-
Upon us all, upon us a little rain must fall.
Just a little rain? Now we'll see how well rounded you are....
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:27:27 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: hobbes1
you will see nothing, there will be no video and with any luck at all it will not be raining upon my exit.
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:28:18 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
LMAO, i realize now what you were saying. i sounded positively blonde, didn't i?
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:29:47 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1;xsmommy
Now we'll see how well rounded you are.... actually she does have a point
or two...
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:33:03 AM PDT
by
camle
To: xsmommy
Naahhh....When i think of Blonde, all I can hear is dah, Mishka, Nada plateet valiyutay?
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:36:51 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
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