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Word For The Day, Tuesday, August 12, 2003
The Verbivores
| 8/12/03
| Teacher
Posted on 08/12/2003 5:23:18 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....
attenuate \at*ten*u*ate\, verb; adjective
attenuating, attenuates, attenuated; intransitive verb
attenuation; noun
1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.
2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attentuated the fever's effect.
3. To lessen the density of; rarefy.
4. Biology: To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent.
5. Electronics.: To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion.
6. To become thin, weak, or fine.
7. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.
8. Botany: Gradually tapering to a slender point.
We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. --Sir F. Palgrave
Etymology: [Latin attenu re, attenu t- : ad-, ad- + tenu re, to make thin (from tenuis, thin. See ten- in Indo-European Roots).]
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To: Laura Earl
i am afeered of what i will find at home.
481
posted on
08/12/2003 12:39:38 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Laura Earl
I seem to be alright now.
482
posted on
08/12/2003 12:40:10 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
What a pain!
483
posted on
08/12/2003 12:41:25 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: xsmommy; Laura Earl
484
posted on
08/12/2003 12:41:40 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy; Flurry
Flurry, did you forget xs's lunch?
485
posted on
08/12/2003 12:42:05 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: Laura Earl
They are only $70 on ebay. :-p
486
posted on
08/12/2003 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
honeygrl
(I reserve the right to take any statement and copy it out of context.)
To: Laura Earl
hey! that's not fair! what'd ya get me?
487
posted on
08/12/2003 12:42:55 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
taco salad...don't eat the shell, and it is pretty much carb-free.
488
posted on
08/12/2003 12:43:47 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: Laura Earl
yumEE
489
posted on
08/12/2003 12:44:07 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Mine was quite tasty!
490
posted on
08/12/2003 12:45:08 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: xsmommy
why. are you # 7 ? ; ) I would hope I rank higher on the list.
To: honeygrl
They are only $70 on ebay. :-p The article said they will be $39.99 at KB Toys.
To: honeygrl
Says the Post: "For just $39.99, you get a plastic model of Bush wearing flight suit, survival vest and parachute harness, jauntily carrying helmet and oxygen mask - just as Bush did on May 1 after climbing out of his S-3B Viking aircraft. The Bush doll joins many other Navy Seals, Blue Angels and World War II aviators in Blue Box's 'Elite Force' series."
So what genius is going to pay $50 to $70 on eBay?
To: VRWCmember
But wasn't it in another country? (i must have misread)
494
posted on
08/12/2003 12:52:08 PM PDT
by
honeygrl
(I reserve the right to take any statement and copy it out of context.)
To: VRWCmember
Just to clarify though, I wouldn't spend $50-$70 on any toy with the exception of my gameboy. Any toy my kids have that are that expensive comes from my mom.
495
posted on
08/12/2003 12:54:57 PM PDT
by
honeygrl
(I reserve the right to take any statement and copy it out of context.)
To: Laura Earl
I can't find any good pics.
496
posted on
08/12/2003 1:02:48 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Flurry
Well, shoot!
497
posted on
08/12/2003 1:06:44 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: Flurry
Thanks for the off, but my son-in-law is a carpenter,and hubby does finish carpentry and builds furniture on the weekends and his days off from his regular job, but if you are planning on moving here, I'm sure I can find someone who does.
498
posted on
08/12/2003 1:12:50 PM PDT
by
Texan5
To: Texan5
I'm tired of Telecom after all these years. I can do anything with wood. Keep thinking about going back to it.
499
posted on
08/12/2003 1:14:28 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Flurry
500
posted on
08/12/2003 1:15:12 PM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
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