Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 20, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/20/03 | 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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apathy; \Ap"a*thy\noun:
apathies; noun, plural
apathetic, apathetical; adjective
apathetically; adverb

1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.
3. Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
4. Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.

According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason.
--Fleming.

Etymology: [Latin apath a, from Greek apatheia, from apath s, without feeling : a-, without; see a-1 + pathos, feeling; see kwent(h)- in Indo-European Roots.]

[Gabz]

As I said - I'm not wearing enough to part with any of it!!!

[secret garden]

I can't get myself worked up to care at all about this dweeb and FoxNews. What's the 9 letter word for how I'm feeling? Oh yes, apathetic.

[CholeraJoe]

Mrs. T's exactly. I got potato and onion and potato and sour cream. That's all they had at Albertson's. What kind of sauce should I serve them with? Tomato or cream?

[Texan5]

Thank you for that, but I think it is only other women and fag fashion designers who think that way. Your average man doesn't seem to. My ex even tried to pressure me into getting an enlargement, for years. It was the final straw that showed me what a selfish sob he really was.

[Gabz]

I really like the Mrs T's..

A friend of mine make them from scratch, but come to think of it, she has never invited me for them - I guess she knows she would have to make a triple batch!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

It's easier to buy clothes when they look the same on the hanger.

[Gabz]

Plain butter!!!!!!!!!

[xsmommy]

TOMATO sauce? NOT ON PIEROGIES. you have to brown onions in butter and pour that over and serve with sour cream. am i right, guys? how do yunz eat them? i think POE admitted to liking the lekvar ones, GROSS!! and sauerkraut filled are also kinda disgusting. i like the potato and cheese and potato and onion ones.

[xsmommy]

oh for heaven's sake. what a snot he was. men always make a big ta-do about boobs. i don't get it.

[Slip18]

On Friday before the S hit the fan here, I gassed up. I figured there would be a problem. Cyber gassed up also. When I went to my regular gas station, Leslie (our gas person), told me I had gotten there right in time. They had been out of gas for four hours. But prior to being out of gas for four hours, the petrol price had been raised six cents a gallon (big deal). Not an hour later, the gas prices went up another six cents a gallon.

The gas prices here are getting higher than the CA gas prices. I really don't drive that much around town, so it doesn't affect me one way or another, but it has affected a lot of people. And those people are not apathetic about it.

[Texan5]

I thought guys had a thing for those push-up bras and garter belts, not teddies & stuff.

[Gabz]

I forgot about the onions in the butter!!!

Well I now know what I'm cooking for dinner!!!!

[xsmommy]

i do not think there is an atkins alternative for pierogies. i could eat the onions and butter part. : (

[secret garden]

When it comes to food, the big question you should be asking is WWLPD?

[xsmommy]

not about Polish food. i would not defer to LP on that. he is not of the persuasion and i was raised on it. i consider myself more of an authority on this one little sliver of cooking genre!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

men always make a big ta-do about boobs. i don't get it.

Why-oh-why didn't I bookmark all your catty references to Gwen Stefani's hoots...

[Gabz]

Gas prices have been going up around here also, though not quite as fast as you describe. But they have gone up 25cents a gallon since May.

[xsmommy]

oh shush! ; )

[Gabz]

OOPS - I forgot about the adkins thing - I won't talk about it any more.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Dirty little secret - I'm not much a fan of pierogies. Perfer my Eastern European chow greasier