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Word For The Day, 1/21/03 Tuesday
1/21/03
Posted on 01/21/2003 7:39:12 AM PST by Bella_Bru
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....
Thank you, xsmommy, for today's WFTD suggestion. If any of you have a suggestion for a word you'd like to see used, please FReepmail me. If the word has not been used recently, I will add it to our list.
shibboleth \Shib"bo*leth\, noun:
1. A word or pronunciation that distinguishes people of one group or class from those of another.
2. A word or phrase identified with a particular group or cause; a catchword.
3. A commonplace saying or idea.
4. A custom or practice that betrays one as an outsider.
Etymology: From the Hebrew shibb[=o]leth an ear of corn, or a stream, a flood. From the use of this word to distinguish one tribe from another that pronounced it sibbolet
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs
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To: xsmommy
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:46:07 AM PST
by
Eala
To: xsmommy; Bella_Bru
maybe i am just way too cocky, but i feel pretty firmly ensconced in teachy's pet niche. hehehehe
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:46:17 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(what ever happened to global warming??? It's dang cold!)
To: xsmommy
No, just old.
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:46:32 AM PST
by
Eala
To: xsmommy
almost my HALF bday. 27th of this month. Well, it's not too early for cake is it?
To: Eala; dubyaismypresident
PROOF POSITIVE that cleveland is a SUBURB OF PITTSBURGH!!! dubs, i TOLDJA~!
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:47:03 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Baloney, besides everyone knows Pittsburgh is in Northern West Virginia.....
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:47:50 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(what ever happened to global warming??? It's dang cold!)
To: VRWCmember
27
posted on
01/21/2003 7:48:02 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: VRWCmember
I think I'll pass on that cake!
28
posted on
01/21/2003 7:48:03 AM PST
by
Eala
(ugh)
To: All
To: dubyaismypresident
I went from "No Such Thread" to "The requested document does not exist on this server." or I would have been here sooner.
To: Bella_Bru
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030121-76619864.htm
' . . .Cynthia McKinney, until
November a member of Congress, who told the crowd: "In
no other country on the planet do so many people have so
little as they do in this country." '
The shibboleth of Cynthia,
"Nothings good in America!"
Maybe she should move
To a treasure trove
Like fruitful, prosperous Zambia.
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:50:03 AM PST
by
doubled
To: doubled
no other country on the planet has it ever been ascertained from which planet cynthia hails...?
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:51:11 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Bella_Bru; xsmommy
Hey check it out. I found a nifty advertisement for the charter airline flight from my homework:
To: VRWCmember
you appear obsessed with being bare nekkid today, vast!
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:53:41 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: VRWCmember
Did you notice -- no windows on that plane?
35
posted on
01/21/2003 7:54:53 AM PST
by
Eala
(ugh)
To: Bella_Bru
The Left's
shibboleth, that Bush is dumb, is often repeated. It's good to be "misunderestimated."
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:56:09 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(what ever happened to global warming??? It's dang cold!)
To: Bella_Bru
I can only imagine the shibboleths used by many in the media to describe the recent "peace rallies" (I stayed away from the TV over the weekend,) but
the Washington Times' Wesley Pruden manages to sum them up in language all his own. (The headline kinda says it all.)
To: Bella_Bru
The anti-war shibboleth, also known as
SCOTT RITTER has had a few personal problems come to light recently.
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posted on
01/21/2003 7:58:27 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: white rose
Bah. Doubled beat me to it. That's what I get for spending the morning hanging out at Ebay instead of doing my homework.
To: xsmommy
I have one question for Scott "Inspect my missile" Ritter, and that is....
WWCGEBD?
40
posted on
01/21/2003 8:07:17 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(what ever happened to global warming??? It's dang cold!)
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