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Word For The Day, Tuesday, 8/13/02
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Posted on 08/13/2002 6:23:57 AM PDT by RikaStrom
must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....
ecumenical \eh-yu-men-i-kul\, adjective; also: ecumenic \eh-yu-men-ik\:
ecumenical, ecumenicalism; noun
ecumenically; adverb
- Of worldwide scope or applicability; universal.
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- Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church.
- Concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions
- worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
There wasn't an |
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Archimandrite of Dane's Island and the townlands nor a minx |
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from the Isle of Woman nor a one of the four cantins nor any on |
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the whole wheel of his ecunemical conciliabulum nor nogent |
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ingen meid on allad the hold scurface of the jorth would come |
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next or nigh him, Mr Eelwhipper, seed and nursery man, or |
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his allgas bumgalowre, Auxilium Meum Solo A Domino (Amsad), |
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for rime or ration, from piles or faces, after that. |
--- James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, Book III, Episode III, Verse 496
Etymology: Late Latin oecumenicus, from Late Greek oikoumenikos, from Greek oikoumenE the inhabited world, from feminine of oikoumenos, present passive particle of oikein to inhabit, from oikos house. Date: circa 1587
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TOPICS: Education; Humor; Word For The Day
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To: xsmommy; one_particular_harbour
but he will likely be in Las Vegas doing all manner of evil deeds by then.; ) OPH in Sin City? No good can come of that.
To: SeaDragon
it is amazing how integral hair can be in a woman's life. i feel i can accomplish just about anything when i am happy with my hair.
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posted on
08/13/2002 12:50:55 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: dubyaismypresident
my only regret is that i won't be there to harrass the living crap outta him. instead i will be
here., pining for OPH.... ; )
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posted on
08/13/2002 12:53:58 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
LOL
Bad hair days put a damper on everything.
To: dubyaismypresident
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posted on
08/13/2002 12:56:46 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
LOL, I saw that. Very, very scary!
To: RikaStrom
"honey, i am SO SORRY i kilt you, can you please tell the cops that i was aiming for something else?"
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:05:22 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
Guess who is going to be a year old tomorrow....
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:12:44 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:15:10 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
can you please remind me to turn the #$%ing cellphone off. THanks.... Will do. You jagoffs from da 'Burgh need to be reminded of everything :^)
To: dubyaismypresident
even more abhorrent than the Pittsburgh accent (which i, personally, find charming...) is the upstate NY accent. OMG, xshub came back sounding like that again and the kids and i were all over him the minute he started.
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:39:51 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy; RikaStrom; *Students
He came back with an accent, that had to be funny.
Hey class, I found this cool poster on the Watching Porn in an SUV thread

Got to admire the optimism.
To: dubyaismypresident
if you had an SUV with such a system, you could be charged with the very same, i have no doubt!
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:46:34 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
He's such a cutie, is he really going to be a year old?? Where does the time go?
To: dubyaismypresident
that thread provided much needed belly laughs, dubs, thanks!
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:49:43 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
they grow up so fast, don't they? sigh....does this mean he isn't a puppy any longer?
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:50:22 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
i am sure that ecumenical bday wishes abound for
fidel . here's wishing him ZERO more....
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posted on
08/13/2002 1:53:14 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy; one_particular_harbour
To: dubyaismypresident; one_particular_harbour
OPH throws off love on just about any thread that he visits....
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posted on
08/13/2002 2:15:06 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
100.
Hey we beat yesterday's number of posts.
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