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Word For The Day, Thursday, July 3, 2003 - Antaean
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
| 07/03/2003
| The Verbivores
Posted on 07/03/2003 6:29:48 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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."
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To: Slip18
2L and 4L
501
posted on
07/03/2003 3:15:59 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: CholeraJoe
CJ, Be careful with fireworks around that tarpaper shack. Have fun. I'm 30-40 minutes from a brewsky and maybe a shot.
502
posted on
07/03/2003 3:17:18 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: NYC GOP Chick
I always try to have a good one you try too. Thanks
503
posted on
07/03/2003 3:18:01 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: Argh
Have a good Friday and Weekend.
504
posted on
07/03/2003 3:18:40 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Read Buddy's, (the labrador retriever), new book about the Clintons, "Living Hell")
To: Flurry
Mitch miller....
To: habs4ever; Flurry
Sorry to contradict you, habs, but I think it was Mitch Mitchell. Mitch Miller was a conductor kind of like Lawrence Welk who did that old standards type stuff, like The Yellow Rose of Texas, etc.
506
posted on
07/03/2003 3:27:17 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: Flurry; lulabelle
And have a great 4th!
507
posted on
07/03/2003 3:27:48 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: Flurry; Argh; dubyaismypresident; CholeraJoe
508
posted on
07/03/2003 3:28:27 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Hah, the 69ers, my favourite team...
509
posted on
07/03/2003 3:30:34 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: Argh; Slip18; Gabz; SeaDragon; lulabelle
510
posted on
07/03/2003 3:33:01 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
For once I agree with him.
511
posted on
07/03/2003 3:37:30 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: xsmommy; RikaStrom
How could you not ping Miss Rika to this BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!
512
posted on
07/03/2003 3:41:54 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: Argh; RikaStrom
she's not yet 40, you SNOT!!!
513
posted on
07/03/2003 3:42:28 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy; RikaStrom; All
HAR! Sez you!
Everyone have a lovely 4th!! I've gotta go soon, see you.
514
posted on
07/03/2003 3:44:50 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: Argh
You are right! my mistake....now, pour me drink, Arghie!
To: xsmommy
He certainly got it right...............
To: Argh
Happy 4th to you too........oh wait, you don't celebrate the 4th do you? lol
To: Slip18
"We met "our" Luis Gonzales in Florida last year and before the FReeper cruise. He's a great guy! We ate alligator with him. Don't go throwing up now, honeygrl! "
Oh that won't make me sick. I've tried wild iguana. When I was in Roatan, Honduras, a couple of guys with our group caught the iguana and cleaned it and cooked it and we all tried it. It wasn't wonderful, but it wasn't that bad either. Wild iguanas are meeean though.
To: NYC GOP Chick
"Oh. I thought for *sure* that you named them Smith and Wesson. ;) "
They really need new more girlish names.
To: Flurry
"There are Military flying jobs that allow corrected vision but not the Jock jobs. "
Can't they just surgically correct your vision now? My best friend had the eye surgery done to correct her astygmatism and she sees better now than without glasses. I think they can fix a lot of types of vision probs now. I think hers was $1000 or so per eye but she says it was worth every penny. Her vision was *very* bad before hand and she had worn glasses since she was a toddler.
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