Word For The Day, Thursday, 6/13/02

The Verbivores | 6/13/02 | Teacher

[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....

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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

[xsmommy]

cute but he will never hear it. nor will he find the unedited Ja Rule, or Fat Joe cds in the van either.

[RikaStrom]

Olives... A+

Let's expand the theme shall we?

A bowl of fruit for all to see
The Dems are as nutty as can be
Sludge and dross
They're no loss
They're worse than squirrels up a tree!

[hobbes1]

ARGH!!!!!! Hey buddy how goes it?

[doubled]

The UN has a pile of dross
To the real world it's not close.
There is a difference
Men and women reference.
Now, camle, don't get gross.

[xsmommy]

Mr. Cleese's father changed the family name to "Cleese" from "Cheese", bwaaahahahaaa

that is funny! how goes the house-sitting, arghy?

[RikaStrom]

I feel for the men of the cloth that are getting tarred with the brush from the media. Not every cleric is a pedophile.

A+

[RikaStrom]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[NeoCaveman]

I loathe the U.N.

[TheGrimReaper]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

But, it's an A+.... right?

[camle]

they're doing to the Catholics just what the Germans did to the Jews.

[Argh]

Tedious. One yappy dog, another with arthritis, 3 cats, two of which have been sick while I'm here, the occasional mysterious dog poop or cat pee/vomit appearing on rugs and other places from time to time, and a garden that's almost more trouble than the animals, more time consuming, anyway. The garden's not doing too badly considering I don't have a green thumb, I've got the Black Thumb of Death, but so far the only problems I've got are two rose bushes with some black rot on the leaves which the fungicide doesn't seem to be curing, and I almost killed one basil plant by overwatering. God, I haven't lived in a house since 1968 for crying out loud! Anyway, I'm way behind on my work, so I'll see you next week.

I can't wait to get back to my apartment with my own pets, the silverfish and cockroaches so kindly provided by my landlord! :^)

[Gabz]

A group of kindergartners were trying to become accustomed to the first grade. The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on no baby talk "You need to use 'big people' words," she'd always remind them.

She asked Chris what he had done over the weekend. "I went to visit my Nana." "No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER. Use big people words!"

She then asked Mitchell what he had done. "I took a ride on a choo-choo." She said No, you took a ride on a TRAIN! Use big people words."

She then asked Ron what he had done. "I read a book," he replied. "That's WONDERFUL!" the teacher said. "What book did you read?" Ron thought about it, then puffed out his little chest with great pride and said, "Winnie the Sh*T."

[NeoCaveman]

ROTFLMAO, Good one Gabz.

[xsmommy]

miss you, arghy! i will send xspup to assist with your gardening chores....he completely disemboweled one of the planters i have on the front steps, disgorging all of the mangled plants and dirt out of it. i think that extending the electric fence to include the front landscaping is the answer. xshub thinks that the murder of xspup is the answer. another screaming fight was had. i wonder how often pets are a grounds for divorce.....

[hobbes1]

Yes... an after that incident, they were learning vocabulary words...

The teacher asked if the class could use the word fascinate in a sentence. Little Gabrielle raised her hand and said,
Last week Mommy took me to the Zoo, to see the Pandas, and it was fascinating....
Well, Said Miss Rika, "that's good, but I wanted Fascinate"
Little xsexmommy chimed in.."during gym last week, i peeked into the boys lockerroom, and found it fascinating..."
Miss Rika let that slide by, and said, I am still looking for Fascinate...

Seeing that Ron was the only hand raised, reluctantly she called on him.

My sister has a sweater with 10 buttons but her T*Ts are so big she can only Fasten eight.

[RikaStrom]

Hello Arghie, nice to see you!

[Gabz]

I thought it was cute - snatched it from the FReepathon thread. Speaking of which there was an instant replay of a totally innocent and coincidental timing of two posts - let's see if I can drag the replay over here.

At the time I was posting a state flag and nickname of the state to thank a FReeper for a donation - another poster was posting a "caption this" type photo.

BRB with it!!!

[xsmommy]

i find shaquille o'neal fascinating....

[Gabz]

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A FreeRepublic Instant replay...

To: d14truth, everyone

I think I sponsored a CaptionThis contest at the last FundRaiser.
Do you guys with any money left think this photo is worthy of a contest?

1393 posted on 6/12/02 10:38 AM Pacific by lodwick
 

To: BADJOE

Thank you Beaver State FREEPER!!!!

1394 posted on 6/12/02 10:41 AM Pacific by Gabz

1422 posted on 6/12/02 2:19 PM Eastern by DoughtyOne

[white rose]

I don't know. Maybe it's just me. But does anyone else think it's a little odd that John Gotti, the most drossy human being I can think of whose last name isn't Clinton, is getting a more affectionate obituary from the New York Times than, say, Ronald Reagan ever will?