Word For The Day, Thursday, August 7, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/7/03 | 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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tenacious \ten*a*shus\, adjective
tenaciously; adverb
tenaciousness; noun

1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.
2. Holding together firmly; cohesive:
3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive
4. Tending to retain; retentive:
5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth.
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn..

They are free men, tenacious of their liberties and alert to lurking danger. - Ray V Denslow

Etymology: [From Latin ten x, ten c-, holding fast, from ten re, to hold. See ten- in Indo-European Roots.]

[xsmommy]

good for you! will your name appear above or below Arnold's on the ballot?

[CholeraJoe]

All your wackos are belong to us

[xsmommy]

i swear. 9 times out of 10 if i read a story about a whackjob, on FR, it will be someone in MT.

[white rose]

If you're a California resident, you have to run for Governor or they deport you to Canada.

[CholeraJoe]

It's the inbreeding and the 9 months of winter.

[xsmommy]

well i guess everyone should be thankful that MT doesn't have the same requirement as CA that all residents run for governor. how's that working out up there in MT, ceej?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Tenacity is often an admirable quality. But when one is tenacious about keeping their cranium rectally inserted, well that just ain’t cool. Recall the father/son demented duo who attacked an old man Kansas City Royal coach last year…

The brilliant Judge Leo Holt let the old man (30-something yrs old, btw) off with time served, which amounted to 60 days the idiot had spent in County Jail. But that wasn’t enough – Holt felt the need to indicate baseball itself:

"Baseball is a microcosm of the society, and as such, has both the desirable and undesirable," Holt said. "The violence that ballplayers are exposed to comes from within.”

"What fan has not seen a pitcher intentionally hurl a baseball at a player's head at 90 miles per hour?" the judge said. "Who has not seen a batter leave home plate headed for the pitcher's mound, bat in hand, bent on mischief and mayhem?"

[CholeraJoe]

I don't think anyone wants to run for Governor up here.

[NeoCaveman]

If you're a California resident, you have to run for Governor or they deport you to Canada.

Isn't that cruel and unusaul punishment?

Psst... mail me an absentee ballot, I'll vote for ya.

[Gabz]

YUP!!!!!!!!

[white rose]

Ah, well, just wait until the state legislature finds out that my political role model is Vlad the Impaler...

[NeoCaveman]

Ah, well, just wait until the state legislature finds out that my political role model is Vlad the Impaler...

Now you really have my endorsement.

[Gabz]

I've never broken an ankle, but for some reason I have consistently done damage to the left one as opposed to the right one - I wonder if it subconcious!!!!!

I know that kids pester pets - but what is driving me insane her is absolute disobedience about picking up the puppy - total defiance even when sent to her room. She then lost her TV priveleges, again. It mattered not.

I don't know which is driving me more nuts, the child or the bad attitude of anisette - she does not like this puppy.

[xsmommy]

i feel bad for your troubles, gabz. i can sympathize with the kid not laying off the dog, but i don't know what to tell you to get anisette to bond with the baby dog. i have never had more than one dog at a time. i wish xs2pup were not so afraid of other dogs. i hope that puppy K in a few weeks will help with that.

[Gabz]

COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Texan5]

Ah, the kiddo is testing her limits (and yours). The TV threat no longer works? Anisette's attitude will probably get better. That is what our vet told us when we brought the husky pup home, and our australian shephard acted like your older dog is doing. It took nearly a month, but eventually they started playing together, and haven't stopped since.

[xsmommy]

not at all unlike an older child having to adjust to a new sibling! it seems like hell when you are going thru it, but it clears up in no time, really.

[doubled]

Down here in the great void they blame these kinds of things on Mariah (i.e., they call the wind . . .)

[hobbes1]

The Tenacious (D) takes a break from slapping the donkey, to slap the media....His arguments are correct....and equally applicable to conservatives.

[CholeraJoe]

You have your share of wackos in WY, too, doubled.