Word For The Day, Friday, July 25, 2003

The Verbivores | 7/25/03 | 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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potation \Po*ta"tion\, noun:
potator; noun

1. The act of drinking.
2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage
3. A drinker
4 A draught. "Potations pottle deep.'' --Shak.
5. Drink; beverage. "Thin potations.'' --Shak.

Etymology: [Middle English potacion, from Old French, from Latin p t ti , p t ti n-, a drinking party, from p t tus, past participle of p t re, to drink, from p tus, a drink. See p (i)- in Indo-European Roots.]

[xsmommy]

thanks, dubs sweety : )

[xsmommy]

i don't think we made mention of Judge Bork becoming Catholic.

[mikrofon]

One potator, two potator, three potator, four,
Five potator, six potator, seven on the floor...

[Conspiracy Guy]

shhhhhhhhh

[Laura Earl]

Greetings and potations from beautiful Bolivia.


xs...hope you have a wonderful and potatious birthday weekend!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Somebody go find a new kobe thread and let's cut and paste comments from yesterday.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin' !! Who wants to go skiing ??

[Conspiracy Guy]

Was that stupid wagon out of the road when you left?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Got any trick skis?

[Laura Earl]

Yeah, just a bunch of chickens and goats in the way when I left.

[MeekOneGOP]

He** isn't hot enough for these two:

$30 Million worth of trash

Uday Hussein, left, and Qusay Hussein

[Argh]

My motto is, No Kobe, never. Of course, I live a lot more cleanly than some of you folks around here...

[xsmommy]

thanks so much, LE!

[Conspiracy Guy]

The beggar washed my winshield with a muddy rag. I hit him with the door when the donkey got out of the road.

[Laura Earl]

Are we still going to Bolivia Newton John's concert tonight?

[camle]

now why in the world would anybody go to see ONJ???

[xsmommy]

i had a male friend in college that was madly in love with Olivia Newton John. to the same extent that HD is in love with MLR.

[Texan5]

Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas probably needs a potation right about now because of the dumocrats in the legislature planning to bolt over re-districting again. Sore loosers, I hope every last one is detained if they try to leave again. Maybe they need some cheese to go with their whine?

[camle]

MLR?

ONJ hasn't done anything worthwhile since she went disco...

many a decent singer went bad when they went disco...

[Conspiracy Guy]

BNJ