Word For They Day, Wednesday, 6/26/02

The Verbivores | 6/26/02 | 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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moil \MOIL\, intransitive verb; noun:
moiles; moiled; moiling
moiler; noun
moilingly; adverb

1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
2. To churn or swirl about continuously.
3. Toil; hard work; drudgery.
4. Confusion; turmoil.
5. A spot; a defilement

Etymology: Middle English moillen, from Middle French moillier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin molliare from Latin mollis soft. Date: 15th century.

[christine]

see hobbes' link here. remember a conversation you and i had on this topic a few weeks ago? ;)

[RikaStrom]

Good Morning EOD.

Miss Rika, moil and toil are synonyms?

Yep!

Are you pulling our respective legs taking advantage of our status as "summer school students" (also know as, "those kids", accompanied by the mandatory tut-tuts and condescending head shaking)?

(hand to heart, very ernest voice) Would I do that??!

[Slip18]

I've just been getting through an hour and a half of posts.

Our little Tiger boy has raised the hair on the back of my neck throughout. He needs a good whooping by his mama . . .

[xsmommy]

costume????

[Slip18]

Valvoline/Vaseline. Tomato/Tomato. Potato/Potato. However you want to pronounce that gooey stuff, Cook!

[xsmommy]

really? fill the rest of us in, miss chris!

[EODGUY]

CJ, I'm sure Colmes doesn't lurk on FR. The posts are sincere, there are few pictures and the print isn't large enough.

Anyway, why would a biased journalistic boil moil through a site containing actual factual material?

[Slip18]

I've had those spores before, xs. It is usually where it's warm and damp (if the Croqs say anything about that sentence, I'll nail them). When it dries out completely, it will disappear and become hardened as you've pointed out. I'd say just leave it alone. You don't want to be spraying noxious stuff on the firewood you burn.

[Argh]

Wasn't that story of the murder of Edward II great? I think it was his wife and her lover who had him skewered up the behind with a red hot poker for being so overt in his homosexuality, throwing it in everyone's faces. They also wanted to kill him without leaving a mark on the outside of his body, but the horrified look of shock on his face couldn't be removed, thereby telling doctors or whoever saw the body after that something was amiss. At least that's how I remember the story from Thomas Costain's Plantagenet books.

And six wives, but the ability to have them beheaded when it suited your fancy. The good old days...

[Slip18]

Well, I thought "sink" was bad enough. Now I'm "sank." Sheesh.

[hobbes1]

I've had those spores before, xs. It is usually where it's warm and damp

Doc, the lady needs a scrip...

[Argh]

I was teasing...

[Slip18]

Well, that's pretty cool about Cinque being No. 5. I'm the No. 5 child. I think forever more I'll sign my notes to my mom "Cinque." Wonder if she'll figure it out.

[Slip18]

Wow, quite a family history there.

[Argh]

I'll nail them

You're only allowed to nail Cyber, so kindly stop tantalising us unfortunates who aren't he.

[EODGUY]

Hey Miss Rika. just because we take the short bus to school doesn't mean we don't have feelings. :)

[Slip18]

Ahhh, but I soft-nail Cyber . . .

The Verbivores have been quite noisy today. I've finally gotten through all the posts.

[christine]

dan and i were discussing whether or not oral sex is cheating.

oh, dan! come here! want to continue the debate? hehe...

[EODGUY]

He's already rolled over by himself and he will be baptized on Saturday. I can't decide whether to wear my peach colored Tux with the baby blue ruffled shirt or just stick with the old reliable lime green leisure suit.

I don't want to look out of place. :)

[christine]

Ahhh, but I soft-nail Cyber . . .

oh my....;)