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Word For The Day, Tuesday, 8/6/02
The Verbivores | 8/6/02 | Teacher

Posted on 08/06/2002 7:02:05 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....


perorate \PUR-uh-rayt\, intransitive verb:
perorates, perorating; perorated
perorational; adjective
peroration; noun

1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.
3. To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]

Our mother favored a staccato, stand-up style; if our father could perorate, she could condense.
--Annie Dillard, "The Leg In The Christmas Stocking: What We Learned From Jokes," New York Times, December 7, 1986

Etymology: Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare to declaim at length, wind up an oration, from per- through + orare to speak. Date: 1603



TOPICS: Education; Humor; Word For The Day
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To: Argh
What it takes to do sideline interviews is enormous breasts.

How can I argue with such logic.

141 posted on 08/06/2002 8:53:04 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident; Argh
i am impressed with your thoughtful analysis of the requirements of the job.
142 posted on 08/06/2002 8:53:52 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom; All
Matt Drudge and Dumbalec Baldwin are having a little tiff.
143 posted on 08/06/2002 8:54:35 AM PDT by Argh
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To: RikaStrom; .30Carbine
were you caught making eys at TE's woman??

Nah we were just bullsh!ttin' around and I was drunk... Bwahaha... TE is a good solid dude and I wouldn't do him wrong for the world.

Seen this one before? ;)

On a group of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of the ocean, the following groups of people are stranded on separate islands:

2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman
2 French men and 1 French woman
2 German men and 1 German woman
2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman
2 English men and 1 English woman
2 Bulgarian men and 1 Bulgarian woman
2 Japanese men and 1 Japanese woman
2 Chinese men and 1 Chinese woman
2 Irish men and 1 Irish woman
2 American men and 1 American woman

One month later, on these absolutely stunning deserted islands in the middleof nowhere, the following has occurred:

One Italian man has killed the other Italian man in a jealous rage.

The French men and the woman are living happily in a menage-a-trois.

The two German men have set up a strict, inflexible weekly schedule - alternating visits with the German woman.

The two Greek men are sleeping with each other. The woman is cleaning andcooking for them.

The two English men are waiting for someone to introduce them to the woman.

The two Bulgarian men took one long look at the ocean and another longlook at the Bulgarian woman and started swimming.

The Japanese have faxed Tokyo and are awaiting instructions.

The two Chinese men have set up pharmacy / liquor store/restaurant/laundry. The Chinese woman is pregnant with their first employee.

The two Irish men divided the island into north and south and set up a distillery. Things get sort of foggy each night and they can't remember if they've had sex with the Irish woman or not - but they're satisfied becauseat least the English aren't having any fun.

The two American men are contemplating suicide because the American womankeeps on complaining about sand in everything, insisting she can do everything they can do, expressing the need to equally divide and organizethe household chores, maintaining that her last boyfriend respected heropinion and treated her nicer than they do, speculating about whether allthis means her relationship with her mother will improve and asking if the sand and palm trees make her look fat.

144 posted on 08/06/2002 8:55:30 AM PDT by maxwell
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To: xsmommy
Thank you.
145 posted on 08/06/2002 8:55:41 AM PDT by Argh
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To: hobbes1
BWAAahahahahahaha... SeannyH. , I love it!
146 posted on 08/06/2002 8:58:36 AM PDT by Argh
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To: maxwell; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; christine11
Men have to be brave, handsome, true, rich, intelligent, understanding, compassionate, honest, faithful, funny, attentive, have nice hands (a big deal for many women), complimentary, blah blah blah, I've inflicted all this on you guys before...

All women have to be is willing. And some jerks don't even require that.

147 posted on 08/06/2002 9:03:22 AM PDT by Argh
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To: hobbes1
When it came to that subject, I always thought so...
148 posted on 08/06/2002 9:04:01 AM PDT by Argh
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To: Argh
Great article.....of course the brilliant author of this book fails to mention that the adherants to this type of life, live in jungles like animals...........lol
149 posted on 08/06/2002 9:05:00 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: hobbes1
And our stupid sports network up here isn't showing it... We're ESPN-deprived unless one of our sports channels kindly deigns to allow us to view the game...
150 posted on 08/06/2002 9:08:44 AM PDT by Argh
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To: coteblanche
I wouldn't want you to feel left out, Miss Cote! :^)
151 posted on 08/06/2002 9:11:38 AM PDT by Argh
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I don't know.. I thought it was another article from the liberals to excuse poor behavior and justify their own lack of character. Sort of like that article that came out a while back about all men being rapists at heart.

(sigh)

152 posted on 08/06/2002 9:11:54 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I was really only interested in the slutty behaviour part...:^)
153 posted on 08/06/2002 9:13:52 AM PDT by Argh
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To: RikaStrom
I find it funny when someone justifies his own book by claiming this is "the" way people live all over the world, without mentioning they have not evolved one iota since time began..........lol

Perhaps the author is a liberal and wants to excuse his own daughter's slutty behavior........lol

154 posted on 08/06/2002 9:15:11 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: *Students
Oh now this is humorous!

Bellesiles anti-gun book now serves as "bad example" in history course.

155 posted on 08/06/2002 9:15:18 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: Argh
I know Arghy......you saw the word "slutty" and your eyes glazed over........ this is a behavior of all hunter/gatherers the world over.........
156 posted on 08/06/2002 9:19:08 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; one_particular_harbour
speaking of slutty, where is our little lambikins today....?
157 posted on 08/06/2002 9:20:57 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
you DO realize that OPH=lambikins, lest there be some misunderstanding!!
158 posted on 08/06/2002 9:23:17 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I know...
159 posted on 08/06/2002 9:23:55 AM PDT by Argh
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To: xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
you DO realize that OPH=lambikins, lest there be some misunderstanding!!

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

160 posted on 08/06/2002 9:26:59 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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