Word For The Day, Monday, September 15, 2003

The Verbivores | 9/15/03 | 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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adumbrate \AD-uhm-brayt\, verb:
adumbrating, adumbrates, adumbrated; transitive verb
adumbration noun
adumbratively; adverb
adumbrative; adjective

1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline.
2. To foreshadow; to intimate.
3. To overshadow; to shade.
4. To disclose partially or guardedly.

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated.
--L. Taylor.

Etymology: [Latin adumbr re, adumbr t-, to represent in outline : ad-, ad- + umbra, shadow.]

[xsmommy]

Hey Honey! too bad you don't work at Walmart anymore!!! : )

[xsmommy]

hey HD? you a dad yet? honeygrl may yet end up in Playboy. and you won't have to settle for that Hooters uniform pic.... ; )

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Or just kiss Dixie Sass.

ROFL.....that is, by far, your best line yet!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Some names lend themselves to poemetrics. Others are dang hard.

[NeoCaveman]

Christiana Amonpour, also known as the war slut, speaks abumbratively about the White House and Fox News. She also speaks adumbraodatively.

[dixie sass]

Morning Teacher!!!!!

adumbrate \AD-uhm-brayt\, verb:
adumbrating, adumbrates, adumbrated; transitive verb
adumbration noun
adumbratively; adverb
adumbrative; adjective


1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline.
2. To foreshadow; to intimate.
3. To overshadow; to shade.
4. To disclose partially or guardedly.

I have to think about this one...
thinking, thinking, ow, thinking, ouch, thinking, I smell smoke, thinking, hmmmmmmmmmm...

[honeygrl]

LOL too bad I quit my job there.... I was a size 2 when I worked there so I might've had a chance.

[dixie sass]

In complete agreement, wherever she hits...

[camle]

cute, but methinks i'm gonna stay with the continental this time around. gonna be dark blue tho instead of the red/brown currently.

electronic tech is on call and will triple-test the electtronics. don't want anythiing to go haywire like last time. I'm just a tad nervous.

[VRWCmember]

btw, has anyone mentioned that as of today there are exactly 100 days until Christmas?!

[Argh]

I suggested he cancel all work plans for everyone for both Thursday and Friday......

Now you're using a hurricane as an excuse to get your jollies for two days? No wonder a sex maniac like you is my hero!

[dixie sass]

Yeah, why didn't you tell us? We would have understood!

[NeoCaveman]

No, no one had mentioned that

[dixie sass]

Hurricane Hugo, when it hit land traveled as far inland as Charlotte, North Carolina then turned and kept going all the way to, I believe, Maine.

The majority of people don't realize that hurricanes don't stop at waters edge...

[Conspiracy Guy]

More fun to engage in nut wars. I started to tell yall but we were having too much fun.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Kid still in holding pattern.

And "settling" for a Hooter's outfit is a bad choice of words. Ain't nothing wrong with orange hot pants.

[RikaStrom]

LOL! Now that's cold.

A+

[RikaStrom]

LOL, I didn't do it, the dang dog did it!

Poor thing, we both were really not moving well on Sunday. I think she rattled her little brain box too, but since she already has black eyes, you couldn't see the bruising.

[RikaStrom]

Wait til your boys are as big as Miss Thena. OOf, that girl has got some power behind her. :-)

[RikaStrom]

I saw that the bent one was doing his bit to sink the rest of davis' career. Slimey.

A+