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Word For The Day, Monday, July 14, 2003
The Verbivores
| 7/14/03
| The Teacher
Posted on 07/14/2003 5:07:51 AM PDT by 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....
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.]
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To: Flurry; xsmommy
To: VRWCmember
I is da king of good rightin. peeples used to axe me to hep thim wiff thur wrighting.
462
posted on
07/14/2003 12:47:05 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
To: Laura Earl
incert P tween e and l.
463
posted on
07/14/2003 12:48:15 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
To: TheGrimReaper
noboby is sending the right one.
464
posted on
07/14/2003 12:52:16 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
To: RikaStrom
In a stunning display of sagacity, the German military practiced marching and driving equipment through Paris and beneath the Champs d'Elysse (literal translation "Cowardice Champions") in rehearsal for the day when American troops leave those European nations. On the same day, the French politicians painted yellow streaks on their backs, whined, and practiced throwing unloaded weapons to the ground.
465
posted on
07/14/2003 12:52:24 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
To: TheGrimReaper
Jeez, some guys get to have ALL the fun...
466
posted on
07/14/2003 12:52:24 PM PDT
by
Argh
To: TheGrimReaper
noboby is sending the right one.
467
posted on
07/14/2003 12:52:32 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
To: Flurry
??
To: Flurry
Oh, all right, then.... I know you're dying to see some posterior nudity....
To: xsmommy
TS/Hurricane Claudette is forecasted to make landfall at Matagorda Bay at approx. 8:00 pm Tuesday, per the latest National Weather Center projections.
That's approxmiately 60 mi down the coast from Galveston.
I'm sure we'll get a buttload of rain from it.
To: TheGrimReaper
And that one scares me...sitting here in a cubicle, and hope the wrong person doesn't walk up.....
471
posted on
07/14/2003 1:04:53 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: TheGrimReaper
Has she been upgraded to hurricane yet?
472
posted on
07/14/2003 1:05:20 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: Laura Earl
Not yet. Winds still around 65-70 mph.
Expected to be a Category 1 (75-96 mph) hurricane by the time it hits the coast.
To: TheGrimReaper
Actually I like the facial expression on the spanker.
474
posted on
07/14/2003 1:09:58 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
To: All
Whew! Term paper is finished and has been turned in.
Scheduling note...I will not be in class tomorrow until late in the afternoon. I will be attending a seminar.
475
posted on
07/14/2003 1:10:26 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: TheGrimReaper
Well, hold on to your hat!
476
posted on
07/14/2003 1:10:51 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: Flurry
He does look like a sly devil.
477
posted on
07/14/2003 1:11:10 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
To: TheGrimReaper
Galveston oh Galveston, I still see your seawaves crashin. While I watch the cannons flashin. I clean my gun and dream of Galveston."
478
posted on
07/14/2003 1:11:52 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If I can support FR with two kids in college, you can too. Freedom aint free but you can charge it.)
To: Flurry
Galveston wisely built a 17 ft. high seawall in 1960.
Most folks outside of this area don't realize that the worst natural disaster in U.S. history occurred in 1900, when a powerful hurricane (no names back then) with a 15-20 ft. storm surge struck Galveston Island and left between 6,000 and 10,000 dead (most of the bodies never found - washed out to sea).
To: TheGrimReaper; Flurry
I've seen a documentary on that...pretty nasty storm!
480
posted on
07/14/2003 1:18:08 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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