Word For The Day, Tuesday, August 12, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/12/03 | 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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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).]

[Hegewisch Dupa]

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[Gabz]

Come visit - I've got plenty that needs to be done!!!!

[Laura Earl]

You do good wood.

[SCalGal]

i was going to ask how you all felt about giving dogs real food.

Talking about dog food is often like talking religion or politics. However....

Every Body is different. I use kibble because I am NOT raising wolves. I use Eucanuba, Nature's Recipe, and Nutra Nuggets. I have cooked for my dogs - I will NOT feed raw (salmonella); they aren't going to eat anything that I wouldn't eat, and yes, I've eaten the kibble.

Cooking for them is not as easy as it sounds, if you do it right. You need about 50% protein to about 50% carbs, plus veggies, plus vitamins, plus calcium (not too much, or you'll cause real serious problems).

I have a 13 yr old Akita with no health problems who's been on kibble his entire life. No problems.

[Texan5]

In my former line of work, "BIF" is the acronym for "borderline intellectual functioning", which is having an IQ below 85, but above 68.

[Slip18]

My dogs eat Kibbles and Chunks, although they used to eat Kibbles and Bits and Bits and Bits and Bits. Those Bits got all over the floor. They would spit out the orange long things. LOL!

I got someone angry with me here.

See post 155. Sheesh, what did I do? Expose reality?

[Gabz]

Ignore people like that!!!!!

[Slip18]

Cyber FReepmailed me that today, and I forgot to put it up.

[Slip18]

LOL! Memories are wonderful things, except when they get in the way of reality.

[honeygrl]

Check out my reply to the guy about his name calling to you. :-p

[Conspiracy Guy]

D?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Send me list I'll make a plan.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Dang

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sounds like my range there.

[Cyber Liberty]

DJ just got one from me, too, honey.

[Slip18]

Hahahahahahaha! She's a woman, apparently. She needs a wambulance.

Thanks, honeygrl!

[Slip18]

Oh, gosh. I thought she was joking at first. I mean Laz and a few other were joking around on the thread. I didn't know her memories werer so series.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

was meant to be the Roman numeral for post #500, but my plan was thwarted at the last second.

[xsmommy]

why do i get the feeling you ate mine too?

[xsmommy]

of course, darling : )