Word For The Day, Monday, August 11, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/11/03 | 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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surmise \sur*myze\, verb, transitive/intransitive; noun
surmising, surmised, surmises

1. To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence
2. To make a guess or conjecture
3. Reflection; thought. [Obs.]
4. An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.

It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden.

Etymology: [Middle English surmisen, to accuse, from Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre : sur-, sur- + mettre, to put (from Latin mittere).]

[Slip18]

Charlie couldn't marry her. She wasn't a virgin. He would have relinquished the Crown.

[Argh]

Dubs, there's still no picture of Thong Girl over there. At least, not in a thong. That you can see much of. It appears to be censored. Is that her with the shirt on in # 6?

[Texan5]

Oh, God! Is every strange person in Kali running for gov?

[NeoCaveman]

And what day wouldn't be complete without updates on the gay bishops, we have Bishop surprised self with vote to OK gay prelate: Lost 10lbs!and people think Atkins is tough. And things just get better as and we also have the the crying bishop apologizing to homosectionals.

[Slip18]

Hey, I named my duck Gertrude. Called her Trudie for short. Problem was she was a he. I love the old fashioned names.

[VRWCmember]

Hey, let's go get some coffee before the Chilean politicians close down the bikini coffee bars.

[VRWCmember]

Oops, I meant to ping you to the bikini coffee bar story too

[NeoCaveman]

If that doesn't wake you up, nothing will......

[Argh]

I like rain too. We've had precious little of it here (most unusual) for two or three months.

Psst, call Ghostbusters!

[NeoCaveman]

Oh, God! Is every strange person in Kali running for gov?

Nope that's a popular myth. With a population greater than 36 million it's clear that their are more crazy people NOT running than a running

P.S. there's a Republican by the name of Bob Dole (not the Bob Dole of course) on the ballot. I wonder how he does?

[Argh]

My maternal grandmother was named Gertrude.

[Laura Earl]

I didn't know that little shrimp Gary Coleman from Diffrent Strokes was running. Fox and Friends had him on this morning.

[VRWCmember]

If that doesn't wake you up, nothing will..

Will that be regular or D-cup -- uh, I mean Decaf?

[Slip18]

Now I know why a friend of mine goes to Chile often. And I thought it was to go fishing. Yeah, right!

[Slip18]

My great aunt was named Gertrude. We called her Aunt Gert. She always brought us chocolates from Germany. I still remember the box. It was a pull-out type box. And each individual piece of chocolate was wrapped in different foil.

[Texan5]

And she was a commoner, to boot. But he still should have taken his balls out of his mum's purse and done it. He may not have been king, but he'd still have been rich-and happy. I think he's going to marry her now, though. She has no ambitions to be queen, and has said so.

[Argh]

A little nutmeg and cinnamon on mine, thanks.

[Laura Earl]

William will be the next king.

[secret garden]

They're way too metro for me...

[TheGrimReaper]

You related to Uriah Heep?

Or maybe Tom "Dung Heep" Harkin?