Word For The Day, Thursday, July 3, 2003 - Antaean

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | 07/03/2003 | The Verbivores

[VRWCmember]

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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".

Antaean \an-TEE-un\ adjective
1. mammoth
2. having superhuman strength *

* Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

Example sentence: In an emergency, an average person can become an Antaean powerhouse, capable even of lifting a car to rescue someone trapped underneath.

Did you know?
In Greek mythology, Antaeus was the gigantic and powerful son of Gaea the Earth goddess and Poseidon the sea god. Antaeus was a wrestler and whenever he touched his mother (the Earth), his strength was renewed, so he always won his battles even if his opponents threw him to the ground. He proved invincible until he challenged Hercules to wrestle. Hercules discovered the source of the giant's strength, lifted him off the ground, and crushed him to death. In 18th century England, the poet William Mason discovered the power of "Antaean" as a descriptive English adjective, when he used it in his _Ode to the Hon. William Pitt_:

"If foil'd at first, resume thy course
Rise strengthen'd with Antaean force."

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for 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....

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[CholeraJoe]

The black one is named Midnight (Middy) and the chocolate is named Herschel (Hershey). Other than their latent gay tendencies, they're pretty good pups. Thanks.

[Eala]

Miss Slip,

I'm finally back home after a looong week of committee meetings in Kansas City, MO. (The goodwife & I celebrated by having for dinner what I don't dare eat in public -- BBQ ribs. *\;^) And as today is a company holiday, I'm already into my holiday weekend. Along with "those slackers from National Review Online."

But sadly, the pile of work suddenly rose so high due to new responsibilities I'm not sure I'm coming back to class soon. (First thing Monday I have to make it clear to the boss that deadlines are going to get missed unless I get some help.)

[Conspiracy Guy]

I was a spert when I was young so I guess I'm an Expert now.

[Slip18]

Wait a minute. You took your eye off the tread. Are you driving along or on a treadmill?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Email me one pork sandwich with extra sauce. Where yall gittin it?

[Slip18]

You're bad, Arghie! Thanks for the 4th celebratory note. It's going to be fun here. Babyback ribs. Yippeee. Where's the dental floss?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Let's do tekillya shots.

[Argh]

Good names, especially Midnight. Would Herschel be a latently homosectional Jewish dog? Oy vey! Of course, if he's dyslexic he'll go around saying "Yo!"

[Slip18]

I forgot the Cyberbot has his physical appointment in about an hour. Thank goodness Cyber has his PDA with all the appointments written in.

The 'bot has to have this because he's going to Survival Training in about four weeks. He gets to eat bugs and roots. Pass me those Mealy Worms, will ya?

[CholeraJoe]

Kewl. I've got ceegars too.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Saving my h's , I overdrew last month.

[Argh]

YUMM!! I envy you! (not allowed to bar-b-q at my apartment). Have a wonderful time!

[Gabz]

I'm no expert...................

[Robert A Cook PE]

No fair!!!!

I wanna a couple of dem dere emailed BBQ'ed sandwishes two!!!!

(Not too much sauce though. It plugs up the power outlet going into the fax machine.)

[Conspiracy Guy]

Beer chasers and chili. Will have a poot lighting contest later. Swoooooooooosh boom

[Gabz]

check out the BBQ thread!!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

This time of year there are much better picking than worms.

[Conspiracy Guy]

No you're probably pert.

[Gabz]

GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSssssssssssssssssssssss

[Argh]

Oh, great, Miss Slippie, now you've gone and made me all hungry, and all we have around here is the bloody House of Ptomaine. Sheesh!!