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Word For The Day, Thursday, 9/19/02
The Verbivores
| 9/19/02
| Teacher
Posted on 09/19/2002 5:16:16 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....
dilatory \DIL-uh-tor-ee\, adjective:
dilatorily; adverb
dilatoriness; noun
1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating
2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
3. Inclined to waste time and lag behind
"But between dilatory payment and bankruptcy there is a great distance."
--Samuel Johnson, Rambler, No. 144, 1751
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin dilatorius, from Latin differre (past participle dilatus) to postpone, differ. Date: 15th century

TOPICS: Education; Humor; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: 91902; michaeldobbs; students; thursday; wordfortheday
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To: RikaStrom; *Students
"WE" are not in getting in trouble.
"WE" are not the ones subscribing to porn sites during work hours (other than Dummycrats Untied) using a work email address......
To: RikaStrom; xsmommy
some who used to work here subscribed to a porn site using their work email addy!! You're working with xs?
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:13:28 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: RikaStrom
dilatoriness - What the OBGYN checks when waiting for the Bun to pop out of the oven.
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:27:00 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: xsmommy; hobbes1; Argh
ok, xsex...repost and no
dilatoriness!
*sapphic alert* :)
To: RikaStrom
do you know how often that goes on? all the time unless employers put filters on computers. ;)
To: hobbes1; xsmommy; RikaStrom; *Students
To: christine; hobbes1; Argh
(Big grin...)
(Hey guys! She's learning .....)
To: dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; Argh; Cyber Liberty; xsmommy
To: Robert A. Cook, PE; xsmommy
The person beside the car doesn't look like gotcaughtpostingpornomommy, he or she looks like some kind of A-rab.
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posted on
09/19/2002 12:54:35 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
hehe...i'm a quick study! ;)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
robt i consider it noteworthy that you wait til i am between venues to start posting maliciously about my driving record.....
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posted on
09/19/2002 1:24:57 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: dubyaismypresident
i am put out that eastern european housewives are not getting any play on that thread!
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posted on
09/19/2002 1:27:04 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
"robt i consider it noteworthy that you wait til i am between venues to start posting maliciously about my driving record..... Ducking ....
Dodging .....
Fording ... Before he gets stuck up the creek(?)
Can she buick the pressure and respond?
Don't want to get licked ... but is he fishing for a boatload of trouble?
To: Argh; maxwell; xsmommy; Gabz; Slip18
"The person beside the car doesn't look like gotcaughtpostingpornomommy, he or she looks like some kind of A-rab.</i>
Ya know, he does look kinda dark-haired, doesn't he?
I thought that was her tow truck driver, but I guess she can't always get the blonde-haired mechanics, can she?
Besides, her favorite blonde mechanic can't fit under the bumper.
http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.asp?PicID=182
To: *all
Gee, you guys are all dilitorious in finding and linking to the latest
Steyn column.
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posted on
09/19/2002 1:53:56 PM PDT
by
doubled
To: doubled
Steyn is great. He just needs some patience.
To: xsmommy
i am put out that eastern european housewives are not getting any play on that thread! And here I thought you would get a sapphic kick out of that thread.
To: dubyaismypresident
I agree, but he still had some great lines in there:
"Some issues are so serious, so important to the United States that they cant be discussed in the national
legislature, mainly because they might reveal the yawning chasm between me and the American people. "
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posted on
09/19/2002 2:22:36 PM PDT
by
doubled
To: doubled
I agree, but he still had some great lines in there: You can always count on Steyn for great lines. He's really, really talented?
To: dubyaismypresident
That was supposed to be an ! not a ?
Must remember to preview.
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