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Word For The Day, Friday, August 1, 2003
The Verbivores
| 8/1/03
| Teacher
Posted on 08/01/2003 5:27:13 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....
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.
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To: Flurry
if they need cleaning i will clean them
81
posted on
08/01/2003 6:31:59 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: gas_dr
As a matter of fact, I put to sleep a 28 year old who needed bypass surgery yesterday.Jeez. Had he been smoking since birth and eating lard?
82
posted on
08/01/2003 6:32:39 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Join us for Karlpalooza '03 for fun, sex, and lots of carousing!!! And the left says we don't know how to have fun.
83
posted on
08/01/2003 6:33:00 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Ohio Chapter. Original White Devil for Sharpton!)
To: xsmommy
i said ok, we have to have the sex talk. Gee, you've been telling me that for years...
84
posted on
08/01/2003 6:34:30 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: hobbes1
yeah, you are ALL talk, darling. ; )
85
posted on
08/01/2003 6:35:26 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: dubyaismypresident
Tomorrow...5 AM...It's Here!!!!!!
86
posted on
08/01/2003 6:35:33 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: xsmommy
Well, I know how much you like the talk during....so...
87
posted on
08/01/2003 6:36:29 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: CholeraJoe
Too bad you're on call. We could head for Little Havana and some fun. One of my partners owes me a favor, for that invitation I will call it in...
88
posted on
08/01/2003 6:36:56 AM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers are Endangering Every Patient in America)
To: hobbes1
RME....
89
posted on
08/01/2003 6:37:15 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RikaStrom
BUSY BUSY BUSY !!!!!!!
Morning everyone!!!
90
posted on
08/01/2003 6:38:39 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy
You know you would... ; )
91
posted on
08/01/2003 6:39:40 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: CholeraJoe
Jeez. Had he been smoking since birth and eating lard? Amazingly enough he was a she and did not smoke, and claimed to eat relatively healthy diet. Nonetheless she had four bypasses...it was a sight to behold! She also was pretty thin. Makes me want to got out and eat a big mac...
92
posted on
08/01/2003 6:39:52 AM PDT
by
gas_dr
(Trial lawyers are Endangering Every Patient in America)
To: xsmommy
You're a better woman than I am - good for you.
93
posted on
08/01/2003 6:41:29 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: hobbes1
would what?
94
posted on
08/01/2003 6:42:14 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Be rolling you eyes, right to the back of your head....
95
posted on
08/01/2003 6:42:52 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Gabz
well it's gotta be done. he is going to be 12 and in 6th grade this fall. he needed to hear the brass tacks. and i wanted it in the proper context.
96
posted on
08/01/2003 6:43:26 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: hobbes1
hm
97
posted on
08/01/2003 6:44:07 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Good job - I'm impressed.
98
posted on
08/01/2003 6:44:34 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy
Oh I love a good hm. ; )
99
posted on
08/01/2003 6:44:44 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: camle
Ugh! Bad memory. That had to be the most depressing movie I ever wasted my time watching.
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. I think that was a big mistake, because my ex has a very low regard for women. He boffed other women damn near the whole 20 years we were married, and his second wife left him for that, too.
100
posted on
08/01/2003 6:45:25 AM PDT
by
Texan5
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