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."

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[Argh]

If I had a U.S. nickel for every time a croquette made such wild-eyed promises to me and didn't keep them...

[Argh]

I daresay your Texas public school ejumacation has misled you AGAIN. If I had an affair she'd get bored (as in drilling a hole) and would be anything but bored (suffering ennui, or,if you insist, to make the matter clear to even the meanest intelligence, such as yours: aloof, apathetic, blasé, casual, detached, disinterested, distant, hard-hearted, impassive, incurious, indifferent, listless, remote, thick-skinned, turned off, unconcerned, uncurious, uninvolved, unresponsive, weary, withdrawn). If she didn't possess reasonably attractive accoutrements, I'd be bored stiff (!), a good deal for her. However, as usual you managed to chowderhead up the whole thing because I obviously wasn't speaking aboot that kind of affair anyway.

Although I expect this kind of rannygazoo from pinheaded females (pardon the redundancy), that's OK, Miss Whyisa, I hope you're having an enjoyable 4th anyhoo.

:^)

[Conspiracy Guy]

That is correct. Mitch Miller would stare at me from the TV and conduct his viewing audience in a rousing sing a long. I hated him.

[Conspiracy Guy]

The procedures didn't exist when I was young. I don't know how it is viewed today as acceptable or not.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I don't mind glasses.

[Argh]

New classroom today.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

My Texas public school education was quite sufficient for dealing with a Canuck, thank you.

All kidding aside, if you were board stiff I doubt you would be having these problems with females becoming bored with you........

[Argh]

Today's classroom. You're welcome.

[hobbes1]

the J ...E ...T ...S.... jetsjetsjets go to camp on the 21st.


Time to start working up then liquor tolerance...