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Word For The Day, Friday, 3/21/03
3/21/03

Posted on 03/21/2003 1:42:33 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....


Teacher's note:
I know some of you wonder why I post WFTD just after midnight every night. The reason is simple. I am on the west coast. If I post it when I get up, it would be late morning for many of you, and I do not want any of you to think that I forgot to post it. Also, I know many of you are irked by the fact that you do not always receive a grade and critique, or that the critique is non-existent. Once again, by the time I get up and get around to this thread, it is upwards of 200 posts. My apologies if any of you are annoyed beyond belief.

supposititious\suh-poz-uh-TISH-uhs\, adjective:

1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit.
2. Hypothetical; supposed.

Etymology: Supposititious is from Latin suppositicius, from suppositus, past participle of supponere, "to put under, to substitute," from sub-, "under" + ponere, "to put." It is related to suppose.

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To: Argh
I think they were still using real "sheep skin" for diplomas when xs graduated.
That, of course, was long before PETA.
141 posted on 03/21/2003 11:05:54 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: TheGrimReaper
i just received a phone call from xshub. he is distraught bc SU is playing like $hit, and he said, if they lose this, they will have to disband the program, it will be the equivalent of losing to Iraq! can you tell he is a deranged individual!
142 posted on 03/21/2003 11:05:55 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: dubyaismypresident; xsmommy
Hah! I see. And now the "barely" part is explained, too!
143 posted on 03/21/2003 11:06:25 AM PST by Argh (mean ol' house mom)
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To: xsmommy
Remind xshub that it's only a game.

Unless you're from KY, of course.
8-])

144 posted on 03/21/2003 11:07:21 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: Argh
his son is also named Anthony....
145 posted on 03/21/2003 11:08:03 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Besides, Syrcuse is still up 8 pts with 3 minutes left.
He needs to chill out.
146 posted on 03/21/2003 11:08:40 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: TheGrimReaper
they are WINNING, but playing like $hit, so we are all wrapped around the axle, and i need to hear a diatribe about the starter who is out with the flu. yada, yada. Ok, he has hung up now, 3+ minutes to play and he has threatened jumping from his balcony should the outcome not go his way....RME
147 posted on 03/21/2003 11:09:31 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: TheGrimReaper; RikaStrom
Hah! They had sheep back then? Huh. Learn something every day...

I don't suppose I should mention here that Miss Rika got her degree on wooly mammoth skin...

148 posted on 03/21/2003 11:09:34 AM PST by Argh
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To: TheGrimReaper; xsmommy
Besides, Syrcuse is still up 8 pts with 3 minutes left.

Right about at where the point spread is. So this was to be expected Cuse winning by single didgits.

149 posted on 03/21/2003 11:10:04 AM PST by NeoCaveman (MOAB = Mother Of All Bombs)
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To: TheGrimReaper
YOU tell him! i am just glad he is watching at his ofc and not at home. the histrionics are unsettling.
150 posted on 03/21/2003 11:10:16 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Well, I remember you saying you were at Pitt with Tony in 1976. What you've been doing with his son Anthony I think I'd prefer not to hear...
151 posted on 03/21/2003 11:11:19 AM PST by Argh
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To: dubyaismypresident
over some no-name Manhattan college!
152 posted on 03/21/2003 11:11:50 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
over some no-name Manhattan college!

Yup Cuse was only favored by 7.5 points.

And no I did not bet the game.

153 posted on 03/21/2003 11:12:45 AM PST by NeoCaveman (MOAB = Mother Of All Bombs)
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To: Argh
oh ok already. i am an old bag. there. ; )
154 posted on 03/21/2003 11:13:01 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: dubyaismypresident; TheGrimReaper
he has vowed that if SU makes it to the Final 4 that we will go to N.O. we went the last time that they were there, i think it was 1987? am i right? the loss to Indiana? but i had friends who lived there back then, and they live in Houston now, so i doubt that he could pull it off.
155 posted on 03/21/2003 11:14:50 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Oh, really? And where the heck was his balcony-jumping when the world needed the Orangemen to beat the Hurricanes in football these last two seasons?

And I could say I can tell he's deranged because he married you but that wouldn't be nice so I won't say a thing.

156 posted on 03/21/2003 11:15:32 AM PST by Argh
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To: xsmommy
Don't make any travel arrangements just yet.
The odds of Syracuse making it to the Final 4 are just about as good as Saddam leading the Bastille Day Parade in Baghdad on July 14.
157 posted on 03/21/2003 11:17:17 AM PST by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: Argh
he is fairly fanatical about SU football and lacrosse, but TOTALLY insane about basketball.
158 posted on 03/21/2003 11:17:31 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Did you know lacrosse (not hockey) is Canaduh's official national sport? Most Canaduh-ers don't even know that.
159 posted on 03/21/2003 11:19:52 AM PST by Argh
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To: TheGrimReaper
i met and had my pic taken with Rick Pitino that last Final 4.
160 posted on 03/21/2003 11:20:24 AM PST by xsmommy
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