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Word For The Day, Thursday, August 7, 2003
The Verbivores | 8/7/03 | Teacher

Posted on 08/07/2003 5:12:02 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....


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.]


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To: RikaStrom; xsmommy; Gabz; hobbes1; VRWCmember
WFTD OPINION POLL:

a) Tenacious turd
b) Twittering twerp
c) Toxic tyrant
d) Total tool
e) All of the above


241 posted on 08/07/2003 8:49:03 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: Flurry
sounds like you have a lot of experience walking in heels... :)
242 posted on 08/07/2003 8:49:11 AM PDT by honeygrl (I reserve the right to take any statement and copy it out of context.)
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To: CholeraJoe; doubled
yep, i have noticed that too!
243 posted on 08/07/2003 8:50:32 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: TheGrimReaper
where ya been? missed ya.
244 posted on 08/07/2003 8:51:00 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Good analogy-I vaguely remember pouting, whining, misbehaving and pretending not to hear when told to stop it (which drove my mom nuts) for what seemed like months after my brother was born. I even asked her if he could be given to someone else, which did not go over well.
245 posted on 08/07/2003 8:52:23 AM PDT by Texan5
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To: 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."

Yep, it's been 9 1/2mths and the toddler still tries to pick up the crawler by her feet...
246 posted on 08/07/2003 8:53:31 AM PDT by honeygrl (I reserve the right to take any statement and copy it out of context.)
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To: TheGrimReaper
e) All of the above

E

247 posted on 08/07/2003 8:54:20 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: xsmommy
I don't think I've ever gone more than 8 months with only one dog (except when I lived in an apartment and couldn't have any) - but I've never had an older dog and then tried to bring in a puppy.

Sambuca was less than a year old when we got anisette. We've been doing our best to show anisette she is not out, well at least hubby and I are. Puppy is confined to laundry room, Sette is allowed to sleep in our room at night.

I'm actually less concerned about the dogs than I am about the blatant disobedience coming from jax. Loss of priveliges, which has always been terrible punishment for her, she doesn't care about. She got TV back Tuesday night - she lost it again last night, just when she was supposed to be getting her computer back, she didn't. And today was the day she was supposed to get use of the internet on my computer back - she's not going to.

I've been talking with the folks at the pre-school and they're not having any major problems with her - it's almost as if she becomes a different person around 6:30 every night.
248 posted on 08/07/2003 8:54:59 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Texan5; Gabz
wow! you remember? i am only 13 mo. older than xsbro, so i don't remember much. i liked him til he stopped letting me boss him around and wouldn't listen to me anymore. : (

xsteen gave me fits when xsboy was born. she was fine with him, but she became incredibly clingy and wouldn't let me out of her sight. sounds very much like what anisette is feelng. xsteen was 3 when her bro was born.

249 posted on 08/07/2003 8:55:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Tenaciously tangling with a nearly delinquent tax return with some 10+ schedules to be attached.... terribly complex... and I'm not done yet. 8-[
250 posted on 08/07/2003 8:55:09 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: Texan5
When my brother was born (i was 5 1/2) I saw him in the hospital nursery with all the other babies and asked if we could leave him there and take him 2 girls instead. He's 19 now and I still think that would've been a good idea.
251 posted on 08/07/2003 8:55:34 AM PDT by honeygrl (I reserve the right to take any statement and copy it out of context.)
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To: dubyaismypresident
e) All of the above

Too obvious, wasn't it?

252 posted on 08/07/2003 8:56:13 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: honeygrl
well dang, honey, xsbrownie is 9 and xsboy almost 12 and they would put each others eyes out and pull every strand of hair outta their heads if i didn't knock their skulls together a la three stooges!
253 posted on 08/07/2003 8:56:14 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: honeygrl
Every Friday night. No actually being a fan of the Female Human Leg, especially the calf, I love what heels do good. Which is accentuate the calf. Heels can be heck on a woman's toes but look at those calves. Anyway I know as a runner that at sprint speed my heels seldom make contact with the ground. On a distance run it's heel toe heel toe. Every time I sprained my ankle was heel toe heel toe twist.

There.
254 posted on 08/07/2003 8:56:27 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (They're "Smoke Gnatzies" Little minds buzzing into your business. Swat em.)
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To: TheGrimReaper
i would blow my brains out if i did taxes for a living. i had to do my dad's estate tax for PA within the past few months, and i must say the people in Harrisburg were extremely nice for me to deal with. i would never have gotten such nice service in VA.
255 posted on 08/07/2003 8:57:50 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: honeygrl
Oh, my! I'll bet that keeps you on your toes. I used to take great delight in stopping the mobile hanging over my brother's playpen from turning in the breeze, making him get bored and cry.
256 posted on 08/07/2003 8:58:33 AM PDT by Texan5
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To: xsmommy
You can get plentiful advice from the IRS.....
Problem is... almost all of it is WRONG!
257 posted on 08/07/2003 9:00:07 AM PDT by TheGrimReaper (o)(o)
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To: Texan5; xsmommy
I really appreciate you gal's support.
258 posted on 08/07/2003 9:00:23 AM PDT by Gabz (anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
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To: Texan5
well i did throw a baseball at my bro's head and break his glasses when we were playing catch. i also once ran over him with my bike. heck, i haven't beaten up on him in years, i miss those days. mebbe bc i am 5'4" and he is 6'4".
259 posted on 08/07/2003 9:01:07 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
Some researchers tenaciously refuse to research anything worthwhile. (AKA "What's a penis for?")
260 posted on 08/07/2003 9:01:30 AM PDT by Argh
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