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Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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| 8/20/03
| Teacher
Posted on 08/20/2003 5:17:27 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....
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.]
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To: Flurry; Texan5
that show is a MUST SEE item! i missed the first 45 min and want to see whati missed!
381
posted on
08/20/2003 10:04:04 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Jonah Opines about Dean Country.
LEAVING MAKES YOU FREE [John Goldberg]
When we finally crossed the border into New Hampshire, it was like wed passed through the Brandenberg Gate. We were free. In fact, the licenses plates even insist on it.
New Hampshire is beautiful too, but you can tell they actually believe in things like freedom and commerce there. There was just something a bit less managed, planned, directed about the Granite State when compared to the Green Mountain State. Jessica insists that Vermont is the East Coasts version of Oregon. Since Vermont came first, I think it should be the other way around. Nevertheless, I think shes right. Both states subscribe to scenic socialism, a desire to keep things pretty by keeping the undesirables out. As Jess kept saying, theres got to be a reason so few people live in a state this pretty.
(Shes right barely a half million people live in Vermont, which means that Howard Dean wants to run a country with less experience than that afforded to most mayors of mid-size cities.). Im sure Im being unfair to literally dozens of Vermonters, but with very few exceptions they strike me as Canadians, only mean.
In fact, all the time I drove through Vermont I kept thinking of that old Star Trek with the space hippies who were searching for a mythical Eden planet. They found their beautiful Eden world, but the spectacular fruit and flowers were all poisonous and anyone who bit into them died. I dont think that holds true for Vermont, but Ill use New Hampshire maple syrup all the same.
382
posted on
08/20/2003 10:04:06 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Gabz
Haven't tried them yet. I am one of those plain food types who avoids ethnic food like the plague. But if I can change, so can they!
To: hobbes1
i have my Howie dean rally marked on the calendar for this Sat aft.
384
posted on
08/20/2003 10:05:44 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Slip18
Miss Slipissima, you need to go look at Robt.'s link in reply # 216 prontissimo!
385
posted on
08/20/2003 10:05:45 AM PDT
by
Argh
(just what Canaduh needs, a bunch of waxy beavers.)
To: xsmommy
How about a seasoned rice dish, like long grain and wild rice? And either a salad or a steamed frozen veggie.
I'm looking for easy, yet tasty.
386
posted on
08/20/2003 10:06:09 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
He loves potatoes, and the more s**t you pile on them or mix with them the better he likes them.
387
posted on
08/20/2003 10:06:24 AM PDT
by
Texan5
To: secret garden
As the Red Green troupe says at the Possum Lodge at the end of the show: "I'm a man. I can change. If I want to. I guess."
388
posted on
08/20/2003 10:06:37 AM PDT
by
Slip18
To: Argh
$50 at my salon, but it isn't as seedy as Robt's place of choice....
389
posted on
08/20/2003 10:06:41 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy; CholeraJoe
XS is right - I do not do the grill - I like my eyebrows and eyelashes.
390
posted on
08/20/2003 10:07:10 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Slip18; CholeraJoe; Gabz
gas grills are WMD.....
391
posted on
08/20/2003 10:07:46 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: secret garden
You can't get much "plain food"er than peirogies.
392
posted on
08/20/2003 10:09:51 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Gabz
i can do a rice dish and the girls both like rice. i don't, so i wont' be tempted to eat it. and salad and i will do fresh green beans. thanks, dinner is planned.
393
posted on
08/20/2003 10:09:54 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: CholeraJoe; hobbes1; xsmommy; Slip18; Gabz
Oh pu-lease! We could do the grilling anytime we wanted but we know how you guys love to play with fire. So we let you do the manly chore. Plus, that gets us out of cleaning it off before the next time. Talk about a grungy job...
To: xsmommy
Good description!!!!!!!!!
395
posted on
08/20/2003 10:12:09 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: xsmommy
gas grills are WMD..... No, WMD is you behind the wheel of a car.. ; )
396
posted on
08/20/2003 10:12:18 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Gabz; xsmommy
Y'all are wimps. Come Thanksgiving I have TWO propane turkey fryers going simultaneously.
397
posted on
08/20/2003 10:12:54 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(If Rudy Bakhtiar had no teeth, could she still lie through her gums?)
To: secret garden
So we let you do the manly chore. Of course you do, but what does that have to do with grilling... ?
398
posted on
08/20/2003 10:14:01 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: CholeraJoe
you are a boy. grilling and frying is for boys to do. that and plunging toilets....
399
posted on
08/20/2003 10:14:05 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Slip18
If the ladies don't find you handsome...and wasn't his nephew one of the founding members of Devo?
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