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Word For The Day, Friday, September 5, 2003
The Verbivores | 9/5/03 | Teacher

Posted on 09/05/2003 5:03:08 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....


deride \de*ride\, verb:
deriding, derides, derided; transitive verb
derider; derision noun
deridingly; adverb

1. To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth.
2. To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
3. Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule.
4. A state of being derided.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.
--William Safire, "The Counter-Revolution," New York Times, May 22, 1989

Etymology: [Latin d r d re : d -, de- + r d re, to laugh at.]


TOPICS: Education; Humor; Poetry; Word For The Day
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To: dubyaismypresident; xsmommy
Dont drink too much this weekend!
301 posted on 09/05/2003 10:48:11 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: xsmommy
bc of my ERA, i cannot think of Kent State w/o hearing CSNY singing FOUR DEAD IN OHIO...

What does your Earned Run Average have to do with college/music associations.

302 posted on 09/05/2003 10:50:04 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: xsmommy
Close, but usually I opt to use the necktie to tie my patients into their chairs.
303 posted on 09/05/2003 10:51:42 AM PDT by theDentist (Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
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To: Texan5
Happy Birthday, Tex!!
304 posted on 09/05/2003 10:55:45 AM PDT by Argh
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; RikaStrom
we're studying the period from 500AD to 1500AD

I don't mean to deride Miss Rika, but you could ask her to help with her personal experience if she didn't spend the whole period blotto or something.... But she'll be a big help on "How I Helped Render the Wooly Mammoth Extinct".

305 posted on 09/05/2003 11:04:54 AM PDT by Argh
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To: RikaStrom; TruthShallSetYouFree; xsmommy
Extra Credit (red acid text):

Does everyone else consider USA Today a laughingstock, worthy of derision, for featuring this first page article on how Americans dine, or is it just me?

306 posted on 09/05/2003 11:17:38 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: hobbes1
At the risk of racial profiling, an alert has been issued for four very dangerous men who might appear middle eastern in origin.
307 posted on 09/05/2003 11:21:25 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Texan5
LOL, well probably not have a sign, although with our gaggle we don't need one.

I will FReepmail you my cell phone number. Just give me a call and I will direct you. :-)

A+

308 posted on 09/05/2003 11:31:16 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: theDentist
LOL

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309 posted on 09/05/2003 11:31:52 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: Slip18
LOL, you know how they can be!
310 posted on 09/05/2003 11:32:48 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: xsmommy
OUCH! LOL

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311 posted on 09/05/2003 11:34:53 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: Slip18
Thanks Miss Slippy. I am very tired of the rain here.
312 posted on 09/05/2003 11:35:27 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
The dems would have dropped a few bombs then gone to play pattycake with Saddam. They can go rot.

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313 posted on 09/05/2003 11:37:35 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: hobbes1; dubyaismypresident
I was reminded of a punchline to an old Dave Barry joke, the rest of the joke I don't remember. The husband yells "The Jets are third and 17 and they call a draw play?"
314 posted on 09/05/2003 11:43:53 AM PDT by Argh
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To: 1smallVoice
Excellent start to a very long list.

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315 posted on 09/05/2003 11:44:03 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: VRWCmember
I loathe demoncrats.

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316 posted on 09/05/2003 11:45:34 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: Argh
thats not a punchline, sadly that's play-by-play commentary...
317 posted on 09/05/2003 11:46:22 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Ewwwwww! You should be slapped for that one! F- for you too!
318 posted on 09/05/2003 11:46:34 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: secret garden
Good Heavens! Idiots, utter and complete idiots.

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319 posted on 09/05/2003 11:48:39 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: white rose
very interesting.

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320 posted on 09/05/2003 11:52:00 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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