Word For The Day, Friday, August 1, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/1/03 | 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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carouse \ca*rouse\, verb
carouses, carousing, caroused; intransitive verb
carousal, carouser; noun:

1. To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
2. To drink excessively
3. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.

Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. --Denham.
Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. --Young.

Etymology: [German garaus, all out, drink up : gar, completely (from Middle High German, from Old High German garo) + aus, out, up]

Word History: The origin of the word carouse can be found in a German interjection that meant “time to leave the bar.” German garaus, which is derived from the phrase gar (“all”) aus (“out”), meaning “all out,” then came to mean “drink up, bottoms up,” and “a last drink before closing time.” The English borrowed this noun, with the meaning “the practice of sitting around drinking until closing time,” sometimes spelling the word garaus but usually spelling it closer to the way it is spelled today. Soon after the word is first recorded as a noun in 1559, we find the verb carouse, in 1567.

[gas_dr]

CJ -- looks like this circus is coming to your state...
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/956373/posts

[hobbes1]

When my ex was a teen, his dad took him to the red light district in one of the Mexican border towns, found a nice whorehouse, paid the madam, told my ex to pick the girl he wanted to teach him about sex and sat down in lobby while his son went upstairs with his chosen hooker

Def. a bad idea. Women are good for more than just that one thing.....

Who could possibly leave out Cooking and Cleaning ????

[gas_dr]

Hey gabz, if you want to lend your expertise to xs teaching, i think that two professors would be better than one...

[NeoCaveman]

Tomorrow...5 AM...It's Here!!!!!!

I'm liking the over 32 points.

[xsmommy]

while many of the about 50 mostly men, many in cowboy-wear, around him at the North Dakota Capitol Grounds on Thursday afternoon yelled at him.

sounds like cj.

[gas_dr]

brass tacks

Intentional, or unintentional pun?

[xsmommy]

pun? ; )

[hobbes1]

Pennington 2 series. Testaverde no play.


Rookie Bollinger @ Quarterback whole game. Dicey.

[gas_dr]

some say mine are made of brass, although i hate to brag...

[gas_dr]

I am ready for some football, too. But it looks like a miserable year for my hometown team the denver broncos...sigh.

[NeoCaveman]

First game. Major jetlag. No defense by anybody.

That's my speculation

[Texan5]

OOOOH! You're lucky I don't still have a pie left over from earlier this week, you chauvinist.

[Gabz]

Sorry dear, it is not a subject with which I have any expertise.

[gas_dr]

maybe xs could show the two of us -- the three of us could perform multiple -- ahem -- experiments. Remember, she is the teacher's pet and said she would help any students in need :)

[Gabz]

darling the subject matter is explaining it to an adolescent of the male type of our species. I have neither need, nor desire in experimenting in that subject.

I'm going to have enough trouble dealing with it with a girl child - thank goodness I have no son.

[hobbes1]

But Early on in camp, Precision is hard to come by, especially when you dont dare damage a Running Back, and the three quarterbacks will be Shaun (we'll take this game three points at a time )King....and Simms (not Phil) and Brooks Bollinger...lol...


Though 32points is a low load....

I am just dying to see Dewayne Robertson.....

And they said Bollinger lit it up a bit, during the MOck Game...Irks me that Vinny wont play...I mean the guy has handled the transition to the bench fabulously, and his snaps will be so limited during the year....

[hobbes1]

i'm going to have enough trouble dealing with it with a girl child

That's what Convents are for..lol

[hobbes1]

Your a Floridian Now, Gas.....If you want futility, be a Dolphins fan.


You can revel in the Preseason consensus Super Bowl Hype, and then watch them fold like a cheap tent in December.

[hobbes1]

OOOOH! You're lucky I don't still have a pie left over from earlier this week, you chauvinist.

Please,Please, don't misunderstand me...I was not implying that those Three things were all women are good for....

[Gabz]

That's what Convents are for..lol

Believe me, her father is already considering that alternative!!!!