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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: Laura Earl
i know exactly what you mean and that is my taste precisely!
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:50:28 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
oh I am so ahead of you on that...
To: Laura Earl
what color are you looking for and what do you look good in? i suggest some shade of purple.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:51:36 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: dubyaismypresident
I guess I'm naive or sumpthin - but I have yet to figure out what this whole metrosexual crap is all about.........
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:52:07 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
you are ahead only bc Consuela needed to get in the study to clean and i took the dog outside. i swear it is excruciatingly hot today.
245
posted on
08/14/2003 9:52:29 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Flurry
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
246
posted on
08/14/2003 9:52:43 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
its about straight guys wanting to look like faggots.
247
posted on
08/14/2003 9:53:02 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
To: Hegewisch Dupa
anna nicole relatives prior to "plumping up" and losing their teeth?
249
posted on
08/14/2003 9:54:03 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
i suggest some shade of purple. You would...........
250
posted on
08/14/2003 9:55:32 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy
Viking Cheerleaders, silly. And prior to plumping, Anna was purrrrfectly curvy
To: Hegewisch Dupa
they have purple in their uni's
To: Gabz
I love it when that happens.
253
posted on
08/14/2003 9:56:31 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If they make a John Kerry bobble head doll, they will need to make the head smaller.)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
i was astounded at how good she looked! i never knew her in her earlier incarnations. i also had forgotten she was the Guess jeans model. so did ja get off on the sappho action that she engages in, also? that friend was a real looker....
254
posted on
08/14/2003 9:56:52 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
all Anna Nicole stuff depresses me now. Talk about going to pieces. Or to one giant, shapeless piece.
To: Hegewisch Dupa
cheer up
256
posted on
08/14/2003 9:59:23 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Purple is my preference. A medium teal would be fine too.
257
posted on
08/14/2003 10:00:12 AM PDT
by
Laura Earl
(Never wear panties to a party!)
To: Hegewisch Dupa
xshub's description of the anna nicole piece= white trash trainwreck on stilts....
258
posted on
08/14/2003 10:00:21 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
What nonsense.
Since I can't tell the difference, by looking at them, I guess all of my gay and straight friends are metros..........
I'm not being flip, our gay friends neither look nor dress differently than our straight friends.
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posted on
08/14/2003 10:01:10 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Laura Earl
i don't know your taste but here is something i like from talbots
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posted on
08/14/2003 10:06:28 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
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