Word For The Day, Friday, August 15, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/15/03 | 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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nates \na*tez\, plural noun

1. The buttocks.
2. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
3. The umbones of a bivalve shell.

The democrats will find that their plethora of piffle will come to bite them on the nates. Of course, those blissoming bullies will become anorchus amoebas when they're trumped and tromped in the edifying election.
--Rika Strom, WFTD Teacher, 2003

Etymology: [Latin nat s, pl. of natis, buttock.]

[xsmommy]

if i had to be stuck somewhere in a catastrophic situation, i would want to be with robt Hands down!

[xsmommy]

i am getting the distinct impression that hot sticky beds would not deter this class from their appointed rounds.... with SG heading up that particular list.... ; )

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hands down or tied behind back?

[NYC GOP Chick]

You spike that into girls' drinks?

[xsmommy]

that's entirely up to the ever-so-resourceful robt.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Well, we do and that's all I care about.

[xsmommy]

dang it all dubs, you promised that you would still talk to us even after your meteoric rise to superstardom in that smash hit the Devil in Mrs Clinton, or was that AND mrs clinton....

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hot, sticky, cold, clammy, wet, dry, day, night, summer, winter, spring, fall, your place, my place, car, truck ,meadow, hill, river, creek, valley, rocky outcrop,.... none of those distract me.

[xsmommy]

kind of like a mailman, huh?

[Gabz]

I agree.

[Robert A Cook PE]

"although at one point, I got so bored that I rolled out my mat and was doing ab crunches in the dark and almost nekkid....

Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. The thought.

(Er, thoughts.)

But, certainly it seems hobby should have helped - Heck, then he wouldn't have needed to walk home!)

[TheGrimReaper]

Nope.... I sprinkle it on top of my RAW OYSTERS!
)8-])

[NYC GOP Chick]

His office is a few miles from here. Oh well... ;)

[NYC GOP Chick]

Does it ever work?

[Conspiracy Guy]

His hands or yours? My cardboard box under the freeway overpass is power failure proof.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Get out and get some heat conditioning. A power failure is not the end of life as we know it.

[MeekOneGOP]

so when are ya'llgonna pull a Natalie Mains?

That is a great article !!

[TheGrimReaper]

It never STOPS working.

[Gabz]

you forgot the sandy beach!!!!!!!!

[xsmommy]

well LE would insist on that!