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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.]


TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: TheGrimReaper; Flurry
I am very anti-hurricane naming until they add my name to the list. They have Tanya on the list but not a Tonya iirc.
501 posted on 07/14/2003 2:23:23 PM PDT by honeygrl
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To: Flurry
I'm strapping on my hans device to head home.
502 posted on 07/14/2003 2:23:37 PM PDT by Laura Earl (A bad day at the beach is better than the best day at work.)
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To: Flurry
I haven't been to a good one lately either - but OTOH I was so miserable for over a week that I wasn't interested. If you want to register to post - there are a couple of real nasty antis on the iwon.com board. But you can read it all without registering. here
503 posted on 07/14/2003 2:24:44 PM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Gabz
" just hope some of the anti's I am battling with on another board are not monitoring this one - they are known to take what smokers say on one board and post the words on another and twist them every which way but loose. "

well, if they can't tell you are joking, they are morons that aren't worth your time.
504 posted on 07/14/2003 2:25:58 PM PDT by honeygrl
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To: Flurry
"I haven't been to a good smoke fight in weeks. I get pinged go there and nothing develops."

I haven't seen to many lately either. Maybe all the anti's got so upset over the previous debates and had to start smoking to relax their anal retentive natures.
505 posted on 07/14/2003 2:28:01 PM PDT by honeygrl
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To: honeygrl
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are really no antis that are worth my time - I do it more for the comedic value and for stress relief!!!!
506 posted on 07/14/2003 2:31:21 PM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: xsmommy
Yes.
507 posted on 07/14/2003 2:34:01 PM PDT by secret garden (San Antonio Spurs - 2003 World Champs !)
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To: honeygrl
Maybe all the anti's got so upset over the previous debates and had to start smoking to relax their anal retentive natures.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

508 posted on 07/14/2003 2:35:03 PM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: honeygrl
They're not just anal, I think they really hate a) people and b) life, despite what they say.
509 posted on 07/14/2003 2:37:26 PM PDT by Argh
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To: honeygrl
So why would someone named honeygrl care about Tanya vs Tonya.
510 posted on 07/14/2003 2:37:49 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.)
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To: Gabz
Which names are the nasties?
511 posted on 07/14/2003 2:39:14 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.)
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To: Argh
Perfect description.

On that note, my family is home so I need to go fix some dinner - see you all tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!
512 posted on 07/14/2003 2:39:30 PM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: honeygrl
Maybe they realized that repeating the same thing over and over is not debate. Naw.
513 posted on 07/14/2003 2:40:22 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.)
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To: Flurry
galster and oneknut

those are the real bad ones - they're the canadians I've spoken of. galster is really vicious, the nutlessone (I mean oneknut) is really just a toady of hers but denies he has any clue who she is - he also has no clue regarding reality.

One other anti is thomasjob - but he can be reasonable.

BTW - I'm smokerami - the antis, particularly oneknut, have a tendency to refer to me as Del - that's from an entirely different board.

Have fun - I'll be watching for you and I'll be back there later!!!!!!!!
514 posted on 07/14/2003 2:44:38 PM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: TheGrimReaper
Yeah, but voluntary call for evacuation of Galveston.
515 posted on 07/14/2003 2:55:57 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: 1smallVoice
Very true.

A+

516 posted on 07/14/2003 2:57:59 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: Gabz
I registered but it won't let me in. Guess I need to wait a few days.
517 posted on 07/14/2003 3:06:57 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.)
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To: All
Over and out going home roger wilco. bye
518 posted on 07/14/2003 3:08:11 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.)
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To: TheGrimReaper
THAT"S IT!
519 posted on 07/14/2003 3:57:32 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Laura Earl; Flurry; EODGUY; hobbes1; xsmommy
"I'm strapping on my hans device to head home...

Oh.

(To Hobby....) Guess I was wrong.

I'd always been thinkin' them there coquettes were always strappin' on no-hands devices to get 'em some (at) home....

520 posted on 07/14/2003 7:20:02 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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