Word For The Day, Monday, July 14, 2003

The Verbivores | 7/14/03 | The Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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sagacity \Sa*gac"i*ty\, noun
sagacious; adjective
sagaciously; adverb
sagaciousness; noun

1. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
2. The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
3. Ability to make good judgments.
4. The mental ability to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating.

Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. --Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous education. --V. Knox.

Etymology: [French sagacité, from Old French sagacite, from Latin sag cit s, quickness of perception, from sag x, sag c-, of keen perception.]

[xsmommy]

hey, at their ages, i would do it, were i you. we used to when they were younger, now xsteen misses too much and has way too much work to make up. i would yank the other 2 in a heartbeat. it is always nicer to vacation when there are no angry hordes about!

[CholeraJoe]

Any minute now the hobbit girlies will show up and pelt us with rocks.

[xsmommy]

he was a delicious legolas, and i will not let you ruin him for me as that character. but he looks way too smarmy in this role and in the real life pix.

[camle]

you're calling Legolas the elf a fruit, and you're harumphing me?

[xsmommy]

xspup loved me with all of his heart. period.

[camle]

ever see an abused wife who loves her abusive hubby? I bet there are some simlarities.

[Gabz]

Mold??????

Don't laugh, think about what I've gone through in the past few weeks.

[xsmommy]

why are you being so mean to me? if anything, xspup was OVERindulged. i think i told you how incensed i was that the trainer asked the breeder if she thought that abuse was at issue in his behavior. that is so far from the truth it is laughable.

i had a very diffcult time getting over giving up xspup. i think i am over it now, but i had a nice talk with the breeder of the new potential xspup, who said she would take the dog back any time up to a year after we got him, if he didn't work out. she understood completely my feelings of personal inadequacy at not being able to make the situation work with xspup. i know you are teasing, but seriously, i was very demoralized and felt personally responsible for the loss of xspup.

[TheGrimReaper]

I'm sure you would both enjoy "In the Life", a PBS series all about how wonderful homosexual folk are, how tough it is for them to get by in the U.S., and how the world would be such a wonderful damn place if we would all just run out and embrace all the gay/lesbian people you can find.

Don't you just love it when your tax dollars are hard at work like that???

[xsmommy]

that could very well be it. will claritin work on that?

[xsmommy]

xsteen is still reeling from learning that her math teacher at summer school is a dyke.... though she had her pegged on day one.

[Laura Earl]

When is that load of crap on? Want to make sure my TV isn't accidentally on PBS...oh wait...I never watch that channel....never mind.

[Conspiracy Guy]

A little wordy this morning?

[Gabz]

I don't think it has to do with no school age children - my summer clock has remained the same since I was in school.

I went to school until the last week of June and didn't go back until after Labor day. So to me summer was always 4th of July to Labor Day.

then add 20 years of working with the Legislature that ended on June 30 - my summer clock still tells me summer is from the 4th to Labor day!!!!

Memorial Day just marks for me the beginning of traffic problems.

Trying to get out of Delaware Friday night was absolutely MURDER - the last 15 miles took us nearly an hour.

[Gabz]

that's so COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

She plays on your, soft with animals tough with people, heart.

[Gabz]

I have no idea about claritin - I use actifed or benedryl. actifed during the day - it's the only allergy medicine that does not make me drowsy; and benedryl at night - it puts me to sleep in about 15 minutes!!!

[TheGrimReaper]

I accidentally found it last night while surfing the 5,000 satellite channels available to us.
I had seen it before, but didn't know what it was called. Last night's episode was hosted by the gay man from NYPD Blue.
It took a mere 30 seconds before the urge to hurl hit me.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Control Freak!

[Conspiracy Guy]

"And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs." JB