Word For The Day, Thursday, August 21, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/21/03 | 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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jocular; \Joc"u*lar\ adjective:
jocularity; noun
jocularity; adverb

1. Characterized by joking.
2. Given to joking.

Blues lyrics are no less dark when ("Nobody loves me but my mother / And she could be jiving too" -- B. B. King).
--Roy Blount Jr., "There's More to Southern Humor Than Foot-Long Pecan Rolls," New York Times, December 11, 1994

Etymology: [Latin iocul ris, droll, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke. See yek- in Indo-European Roots.]

[VRWCmember]

i LOVE politically incorrect words and use them whenver possible. i was remonstrated with by some jerk on a thread for using the word POLACK, i am one and he wasn't and he had the nerve to correct me!

Some clown who posted a vanity thread about how he barely missed a $24K fine for an OSHA violation that would have bankrupted his company called me an @##hole in response to a comment I made on the thread (except he didn't use any symbols). One of the moderators removed the comment (I presume due to the vulgarity/profanity) a little while later, but I didn't check to see if the poster was banished or suspended. I've never hit the abuse button on anybody and I didn't even think about hitting it on this guy, but I was a little surprised and irritated at the name-calling.

[Gabz]

I'm also still being blamed for my mother's hemorroids and the varicose veins in her thighs.

I've never been blamed for those - just her having to give up her modelling career.

[Gabz]

I only got one picture and I replied to you aout it.

[Gabz]

I didn't set the trap and didn't see the outcome.

Mousetraps are men's work.

I told hubby he will check those traps every morning - I will not go near them.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Was he smoking?

[Texan5]

Mousetraps are indeed mens' work. Ick. Thanks for letting me know about the photo. As soon as your e-mail comes in, I will send the one you are missing.

[Gabz]

I agree with you about the name-calling, it seems it has been getting a bit out of hand lately.

I have hit the abuse button exactly once, and did it against myself because of huge multiple multiple post that occurred.

There have been a few times I have been tempted, but always refrain because i want everyone else to see the simplemindedness of some of these people.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I resort to name calling usually as a response to name calling or an obvious troll. For instance when some joker on Tue said that the nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were Genocide, I promptly started mopping the floor with his troll azz. But I called him a troll, a camotroll, a Gnatzie (he claimed to be from Austria), a Nazi, a leather pants doofus, a Kneeyo Gnatzie Revisionist, etc. He ended up getting banned or suspended evidently for calling me a hillbilly with questionable parentage. I didn't press abuse. I did try to get Vast to send some lightning pics but vast was elsewhere.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Here are his Austrian words exactly.

"You amuse me Redneck. So how's life in the trailer park? Ever met your real father at Maury Povic? Or accompanied your mother to Jerry Springer?"

I responded bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz bzzbzbzbzzzzzzbzbzb splat.

Then he was banned.

[NeoCaveman]

i would bet that dubs will post that at some point today too. he has a rather....soft...spot for arianna....

That voice alone causes softness

[xsmommy]

oh that looks just like my baby!!! he can kind of sit and we are working on down. and he doesn't quite know his name yet, but he will come if you call him just about anything : )

[Texan5]

Jeez, what a jackass. The bad manners of some of these people just amazes me. I'm delighted he got banned-we don't need someone like that coming here. Not from around here, was he?

[Texan5]

That is a cute pup! Did one of the pictures I sent not get to you, either? If so I will re-send it. I can't always make that damn program do what I want it to..

[xsmommy]

got both! it's gorgeous!

[Conspiracy Guy]

They only suspended him and he's back today but he didn't bother me cause he couldn't frame his argument and used name calling alone. I use name calling after framing by adding doofus or something. Goin home

[Gabz]

Was he smoking?

No. And the trap was set in the laundry room and we don't smoke in there.

[Gabz]

I got the pix.

The house is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!

[Gabz]

Too funny!!!!!!!!

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a redneck and proud of it, although I have learned to use at least a little bit of sunscreen on the back of my neck when working in the garden.

[secret garden]

You should've called in the WFTD infantry. There's strength in numbers and our vocabulary leaves them dumbstruck. ;)

BTW, we need a slogan for calling in our troops, a motto of some type to rally us to action.