Word For The Day, Friday, September 5, 2003

The Verbivores | 9/5/03 | 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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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.]

[dixie sass]

I agree, can't argue with that logic whatsoever! Well, maybe that spring is prettier and better than fall...

Kinda...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Yea me too.....but those guys have serious arthritis and injuries to deal with the remainder of their lives..... they get beaten up pretty badly on the field........

[xsmommy]

yummy, coffee cake~! bring it to the new classroom, dixie!

[Conspiracy Guy]

pfffffffffffffffft

[Conspiracy Guy]

Coal miners risk their lives everyday.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

My husband climbed towers for 20 years - never made the kind of money that pro athletes make.......I'm certainly not putting them on a pedestal...... but I still like to watch football.....lol

[Conspiracy Guy]

I think they should be paid well but Pro Sports has gottn so out of hand. Fottball, basketball, and baseball.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I agree - but what would all the Porsche dealers, Realtors, and drug dealers do if all that money dropped off?.......lol

[Texan5]

I have some fresh brewed hazelnut flavor coffee I just made. If you'll show me where the classroom is, I'll bring that.

[xsmommy]

how are you not on the class roster T5? let me ping ya there!

[VRWCmember]

HEY! Don't forget

Texas Christian University* 17, Navy 3

* School motto: "Don't let that middle name fool you"

[Conspiracy Guy]

Yes that part of the economy would be destroyed. BTW a 1000 ft tower collapsed in Huntsville, AL last Friday. 3 guys working on it were killed.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Oh I hadn't heard about that tower falling! Geez - I wonder if it was the base that didn't hold, or the construction itself? We had a 500 ft tower that fell one year - ice accumulated on it - unusual for West Texas....... Few of those things are insured because it costs too much - lightening hits them regularly.....

[Conspiracy Guy]

It failed at 100 ft level and they were well above that. My guess is it was a compression failure due to equipment and human weight.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Some engineer somewhere is gonna be in deep doodoo..... or it could be a problem with the way it was assembled..... What a shame - I'm so sorry for all involved -

[Conspiracy Guy]

It is tragic. I think the average tower out there today was not designed for all the weight that has been added in the past 10 years.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

They are pretty careful about how much they add - my husband can look at a tower and tell you how many carriers it can accomodate - I think problems like this one falling are usually going to be either a badly put up tower, or a situation where the base wasn't properly done and caused a shift in the ground...... just my guess....

[Argh]

I must have missed what you're talking about.

[Argh]

Good one, Tex!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Thanks...... I heard it's a best seller in Iraq......