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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: All
Good lord, the mods must be screwing around with the "My Comments" page. The format of mine is all messed up.
401
posted on
09/05/2003 3:27:30 PM PDT
by
honeygrl
(Jacksonville Beach HERE I COME!! Everyone beware! Female looking for fun on the way soon!)
To: honeygrl
402
posted on
09/05/2003 3:29:57 PM PDT
by
Eala
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. -Ronald Reagan)
To: Eala
Is that some kind of pilot joke?
403
posted on
09/05/2003 3:33:13 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(are you ready for some football?)
To: xsmommy; VRWCmember; hobbes1; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; SeaDragon; EODGUY
"Beaver Falls is the other end of the state from Whyisa, though. : ) You can always trust xsex to know where the beaver falls ... and to be there to catch it just case WhyisaslipsinPA.
Sea, in the other hand, doesn't merely catch falling beavers ... She also waxes 'em in the winter, spring, and summer..
404
posted on
09/05/2003 3:33:25 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: secret garden
Move the cursor across the field...
405
posted on
09/05/2003 3:44:17 PM PDT
by
Eala
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. -Ronald Reagan)
To: Eala
Any WFTD Anglicans/Episcopalians might find
this post amusing. (It's long, though.)
406
posted on
09/05/2003 3:45:23 PM PDT
by
Eala
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. -Ronald Reagan)
To: secret garden
I heard the song on my way home from work. Between that and hearing "Boot Scootin' Boogie", by the time I got home I had decided I wanted to go two steppin' tomorrow night. "It's my party, and I'll do what I want to"...
407
posted on
09/05/2003 3:48:38 PM PDT
by
Texan5
To: honeygrl
This is hubby's second one. I can barely even think about the first one without PTSD kicking in...
408
posted on
09/05/2003 3:50:52 PM PDT
by
Texan5
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; xsmommy; Eala; hobbes1; VRWCmember
Falling Rock, PA seeks Slippery Beaver, PA and final resting place.
Interests: Long walks down to the beach, rolls in the hay, falling into love. Seeks deep long-lasting relationship with well-rounded individual. Exchange flatware.
http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.adp?picture_id=11498
409
posted on
09/05/2003 3:51:52 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Texan5
????PSTD
(I'm sure it's not Previously Sexually Transmitted Diseases")
Prior Sexual Training Devices?
410
posted on
09/05/2003 3:53:11 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Sea, in the other hand, doesn't merely catch falling beavers ... She also waxes 'em in the winter, spring, and summer..And what do I do in the Fall??
To: xsmommy
i hope she is getting more from newer clients. i am paying the 1988 rate! In 1990 I was paying $75 for a four room + bath apartment and a 4 room + bath office.
Considering where you live - I suggest you count your blessings!!!!!!!!!
I have not utilized such services since 1992 - I do it all myself, with a good bit of help from hubby.
412
posted on
09/05/2003 4:03:18 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Argh
Uh, I had to read that twice..... you were making fun of someone instead of me and I don't believe I've ever seen that happen before........
To: Argh; Flurry; VRWCmember
Argh, I would appreciate you at least seeing my gravity-affected body before announcing that it has already fallen......lol....... I realize I am quickly approaching the ripe old age of 45, but you don't have to make it sound like 55 or 65!!
To: Flurry; Argh
That's because you are much smarter than Argh...... he's an a$$ waiting to get spanked!
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
You can certainly see the truth in that!
416
posted on
09/05/2003 4:13:37 PM PDT
by
Eala
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. -Ronald Reagan)
To: VRWCmember
By the way, did you realize that now there are only 110 days left until Christmas? Kiss mah grits - you miserable........................
417
posted on
09/05/2003 4:18:52 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
The first sounds icky, and the last sounds like more fun, but in this case it is "post traumatic stress disorder". Honest.
418
posted on
09/05/2003 4:24:14 PM PDT
by
Texan5
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Tsk! Kinky stuff again?
419
posted on
09/05/2003 4:25:09 PM PDT
by
Texan5
To: Texan5; Argh
Again? When did I stop to start again? lol
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