Word For The Day, Tuesday, August 5, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/5/03 | 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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blithe \blyth\, adjective
blither, blithest; adjective
blithely; adverb
blitheness; noun

1. Carefree and lighthearted.
2. Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual.

The blithe sounds of festal music. --Prescott.
A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.

Etymology: [Middle English, from Old English bl the.]

[Texan5]

My brother used to put bananas on cheese and bologna sandwiches-now THAT is aberrant taste in flavor combinations. For years I was convinced that he had no functioning taste buds, but he finally quit eating weird stuff like that when he was about 15. I still tease him about it, though.

[Slip18]

Blithely I go along,
go along
go along
blithely I go along
And shovel lots a dirt.

How the heck did that song get in my head?

xs, I see you're baiting Tiger again. Naughty girl!

[Texan5]

Or "Omar the Tentmaker"?

[xsmommy]

i am SOOOOO falsely accused!

[theDentist]

I thought abberance was the rule. C'est la vie!

[Slip18]

I saw Tiger respond to the allegation of your taunting him, but he didn't respond in his normal way. Has the cat got the Tiger's tongue?

[xsmommy]

OMG, gabz, look at this. not only do gays need their own highschools, now they must have separate anti-smoking ads to target them!

[xsmommy]

i have no idea what the Tiger's problem has been, you guys have at him and let him speak for HIS OWN SEF....

[Slip18]

Why Do Gays Smoke So Much?

Because they have a need to suck on something?

[Texan5]

I don't know, but now you've put it in mine. I think I'll try to exchage it for something a bit more cheerful so I don't put any cynical stuff into this bid I'm working on. The customer isn't one of my favorites as it is....

[xsmommy]

OMG slippy. but you know, there may be a kernel of truth to that ORAL FIXATION aspect....

[Slip18]

I'm shoveling around in the new garden bed. Had to take a break for a bit. That song just kept going through my head, only it was with "merrily." When I read the WFTD, it just fit. LOL!

[hobbes1]

but you know, there may be a kernel of truth to that ORAL FIXATION aspect....

If anyone would know....

[Texan5]

Imagining ads targeting gays does not present a pretty picture.....

[xsmommy]

hm

[xsmommy]

read slippy's post 109 and imagine such an ad.... eeeeuuuuuuuwwww....

[xsmommy]

so slippy, you didn't answer me yesterday...did the kitchen table see any action since you guys are BOT-free this week? ; )

[Texan5]

Gah! Nasty visual-I don't think I want any lunch today-and maybe no dinner, either.

[xsmommy]

Gah!

i have not heard that epithet, save from the mouth of my good friend who lives down in Lake Jackson, TX!

[xsmommy]

I find a white female rapper as disturbing as a Christian lesbian. i do not see anywhere in her article, how she reconciles her lifestyle choice with Scipture.