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Word For the Day, Thursday, August 14, 2003
The Verbivores
| 8/14/03
| Teacher
Posted on 08/14/2003 5:23:23 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....
scintilla \sin-TIL-uh\, noun
scintillant; adjective
1. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount; the slightest particle; a trace
2. A spark; a flash.
3. Miniscule
In victory, they must hold on to at least a scintilla of humility, lest they get too cocky -- and ripe for a takedown.
--Bill Breen, "'We are literally trying to stop time,'" Fast Company, May 2000
Etymology: Latin scintilla, "a spark, a glimmer, a faint trace." Also from scintilla is the verb scintillate, "to sparkle."
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To: Gabz
There are Gay Whales too?
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posted on
08/14/2003 7:23:57 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Flurry
LOL.
He sure does like himself.
102
posted on
08/14/2003 7:23:57 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(There they go again....)
To: Flurry
"Help Stamp Out Global Warning: Plug the whales!"
103
posted on
08/14/2003 7:25:35 AM PDT
by
camle
(- INCOMMING!!)
To: dubyaismypresident
He takes credit for things that he jumped on late. He's better than the ABC NBC CBS CNN clowns but still annoying.
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posted on
08/14/2003 7:26:09 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: camle
MUKLUK. It's not just for breakfast anymore.
105
posted on
08/14/2003 7:27:07 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: dubyaismypresident
lol, I've never had a dog that would cooperate with wearing a sign.
To: Flurry
LOL!!!
I never saw it - but hubby claims to have seen that bumper sticker when he lived in either Texas or Arizona.
107
posted on
08/14/2003 7:28:08 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
"Nuke the gay whales for Jesus" I always thought it was "Nuke the gay baby whales for Jesus"
108
posted on
08/14/2003 7:28:12 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(There they go again....)
To: anniegetyourgun
Those are a little big to get sucked up luckily. I think the most common thing is just the little fish that swim in huge schools.
To: Flurry
kinda reminds me of the fart scene in "Down periscope" after the incident, they started making whale noises, and the bad guys departed...
110
posted on
08/14/2003 7:29:03 AM PDT
by
camle
(- INCOMMING!!)
To: Flurry
Most mammal species have a few homos in wild. There are even homo monkeys in the wild.
To: dubyaismypresident
You could be right!!!!!!!!
112
posted on
08/14/2003 7:31:50 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: honeygrl
LulaBelle would eat it.
113
posted on
08/14/2003 7:36:13 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Gabz
I was out there a few years back does he remember what type truck it was on?
114
posted on
08/14/2003 7:37:06 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Flurry
I'll have to ask him later. To be honest it wouldn't surpise me if it had been on his '49 Ford Pickup!!!!!
115
posted on
08/14/2003 7:38:01 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: honeygrl
Kill the gay mammals, all of em.
116
posted on
08/14/2003 7:38:16 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Flurry; CholeraJoe
Kill the gay mammals, all of em.
Hear that CJ? (think it was you with the gay pups anyway)
To: Flurry
the writer of this article just slays me. She goes on and on about how one-sided the media coverage of the trans-fat issue has been, yet continues with her well-known one-sided monotonous anti-smoker stance. Sheesh.
Dietary Demons
118
posted on
08/14/2003 7:43:12 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: honeygrl; Flurry
My dogs aren't gay. They were just confused.
119
posted on
08/14/2003 7:43:51 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(Reuters:A wholly owned subsidiary of the Left - We report, You comply.)
To: honeygrl
And are they successful in their copulation and fertilization effort? Oh wait, perhaps they are just doing it for the fun of it. Or maybe....just maybe...they are confused and unthinking animals driven by instinct and smell?
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