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Word For The Day, Tuesday, 8/13/02
The Verbivores | 8/13/02 | Teacher

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

  1. Of worldwide scope or applicability; universal.
    1. Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church.
    2. Concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions
  2. worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application

      There wasn't an 7
      Archimandrite of Dane's Island and the townlands nor a minx 8
      from the Isle of Woman nor a one of the four cantins nor any on 9
      the whole wheel of his ecunemical conciliabulum nor nogent 10
      ingen meid on allad the hold scurface of the jorth would come 11
      next or nigh him, Mr Eelwhipper, seed and nursery man, or 12
      his allgas bumgalowre, Auxilium Meum Solo A Domino (Amsad), 13
      for rime or ration, from piles or faces, after that.

      --- James Joyce, Finnegan’s 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



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.

81 posted on 08/13/2002 12:39:35 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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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.
82 posted on 08/13/2002 12:50:55 PM PDT by xsmommy
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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.... ; )
83 posted on 08/13/2002 12:53:58 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
LOL

Bad hair days put a damper on everything.

84 posted on 08/13/2002 12:54:41 PM PDT by SeaDragon
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To: dubyaismypresident
hey dubs, if i ever confide in you, my desire to OFF someone, can you please remind me to turn the #$%ing cellphone off. THanks....
85 posted on 08/13/2002 12:56:46 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
LOL, I saw that. Very, very scary!
86 posted on 08/13/2002 1:03:30 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: RikaStrom
"honey, i am SO SORRY i kilt you, can you please tell the cops that i was aiming for something else?"
87 posted on 08/13/2002 1:05:22 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
Guess who is going to be a year old tomorrow....


88 posted on 08/13/2002 1:12:44 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
i am going to make a doggie birthday cake...

for

89 posted on 08/13/2002 1:15:10 PM PDT by xsmommy
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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 :^)

90 posted on 08/13/2002 1:37:13 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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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.
91 posted on 08/13/2002 1:39:51 PM PDT by xsmommy
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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.

92 posted on 08/13/2002 1:44:53 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident
if you had an SUV with such a system, you could be charged with the very same, i have no doubt!
93 posted on 08/13/2002 1:46:34 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
He's such a cutie, is he really going to be a year old?? Where does the time go?
94 posted on 08/13/2002 1:48:52 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: dubyaismypresident
that thread provided much needed belly laughs, dubs, thanks!
95 posted on 08/13/2002 1:49:43 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
they grow up so fast, don't they? sigh....does this mean he isn't a puppy any longer?
96 posted on 08/13/2002 1:50:22 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
i am sure that ecumenical bday wishes abound for fidel . here's wishing him ZERO more....
97 posted on 08/13/2002 1:53:14 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; one_particular_harbour
OPH has been leading an ecumenical love fest on this thread all day. (/sarcasm)
98 posted on 08/13/2002 2:05:25 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident; one_particular_harbour
OPH throws off love on just about any thread that he visits....
99 posted on 08/13/2002 2:15:06 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
100.

Hey we beat yesterday's number of posts.

100 posted on 08/13/2002 2:56:32 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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