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Word For The Day, Thursday, October 2, 2003
The Verbivores | 10/2/03 | Teacher

Posted on 10/02/2003 5:10:40 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....


abhor \ab*hor\, verb:
abhorring, abhorred, abhors; intransitive verb
abhorrer; noun
abhorrent; adjective
abhorrently; adverb

1. To regard with horror or loathing; detest.
2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]
3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]
4. Find repugnant .

It doth abhor me now I speak the word.
--Shak

Etymology: [Middle English abhorren, from Latin abhorr re,to shrink from : ab-, from; see ab-1 + horr re, to shudder.]


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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Big babies in my family lots of 9 plus pounders but anything above 7 is a keeper. "Under 7 we throw em back and catch em later" is the family baby joke. The poop thing is from my first day with Flurrette. I stepped out of room for coffee and returned to a mommy and baby covered in poop. I cleaned them both up. XWIFE had never been around babies but she learned fast.
21 posted on 10/02/2003 5:28:57 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
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To: RikaStrom
I abhor the continued personal attacks on conservatives, and the Rush controversy seems to have taken a turn for the worse.

I do fault Rush, though, on his football comments - he should have said them about Cordell Stewart :)

22 posted on 10/02/2003 5:30:19 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: xsmommy
They want Karl Rove. That is the point....They know they can't hang the President with this, even though they are back to the Watergate phraseology, the NYSlimes went into the "coverup worse than the crime" bit on their OpEd page today.
23 posted on 10/02/2003 5:30:23 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Flurry
i remember the first time i took xsteen's temp as an infant, had never done it before didn't know that they had to be on their backs with a diaper under them. had her on her tummy and poop shot completely across the room when i put that thermometer in....
24 posted on 10/02/2003 5:31:22 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Flurry
Boy, I would have had to throw both of my babies back......... first one weighed 6 lbs second one weighed all of 3lbs 3 ozs........ lol but both turned out to be keepers.......lol
25 posted on 10/02/2003 5:32:39 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: P.O.E.
you got that right, my dearly departed dad could go on a rant about Cordell Stewart like you would not believe. i think rush was wrong and that he gave ammo to an audience that was just looking to string him and conservatives up anyway. it was a stupid comment.
26 posted on 10/02/2003 5:33:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
I think Rush knew exactly what he was doing........ I think he did it to cause controversy and get himself in the limelight........
27 posted on 10/02/2003 5:34:00 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
but he resigned. so it was a miscue at the least.
28 posted on 10/02/2003 5:34:48 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: RikaStrom
You've got to abhor the spinning
That Grayout is now beginning
He tells Cruz to go away
And hopes to save the day
And in denial, believes he's winning
29 posted on 10/02/2003 5:35:13 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: xsmommy
Yes, it was stupid. He could have alluded to the medias obsession with race, without saying it flat out.

However, that having been said....

It is entirely possible, he said it intentionally. It was a non offensive quote, he said nothing Bad about McNabb per se, just that he wasnt that good, which is IMHO accurate.

Now, he resigns, and he's a martyr for speaking truth to power in the eyes of those that listen to him.
30 posted on 10/02/2003 5:37:24 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: xsmommy
No see above.
31 posted on 10/02/2003 5:37:55 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Flurry
Hey, that's too cute...You should write those for a greeting card company.
32 posted on 10/02/2003 5:39:54 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: hobbes1
well IMO, i think it was stupid. he could have done more for the cause (whatever that is, conservatism, basically, i guess) by just being noncontroversial. here he picked an asinine thing to say, nothing that really merited it (mcnabb is having a horrible season, but he is not a POS QB or would not have had the stats to get into the probowl as often as he has) and caused this huge brouhaha over something inconsequential, instead of maybe sticking around and saying things to make people think in a more subtle manner, over time. he has always wanted to do this, i can't imagine that after such a short period of time he would have sabotaged himself willingly and done something to allow him to be forced out.
33 posted on 10/02/2003 5:41:23 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Dooohhhhh
34 posted on 10/02/2003 5:43:28 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
We keep em all but aint been one under seven in generations.
LE's twin nephews were like 2 lb each, they fit in your palm. Now they are strpping 1st graders.
35 posted on 10/02/2003 5:45:45 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
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To: RikaStrom
Higher Power, JUDGED.

He got the ZOT!

36 posted on 10/02/2003 5:46:35 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Wesley Clark is to Eisenhower, what a Yugo is to a Ferrari)
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To: Texan5
I have thought about that, because greeting card poems can be written in 5 minutes. But they have to be more generic. I like writing about and to people and things I know but I can be generic. If I knew where to audition I would.
37 posted on 10/02/2003 5:48:13 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I have over 41 years experience, at acting 8 years old. That will be 42 years in Jan 04.)
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To: xsmommy
Limbaugh will turn this around and use it......just watch
38 posted on 10/02/2003 5:48:13 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: xsmommy
The ProBowl is a F*ng popularity contest.

How Many ProBowls did Doug Flutie Go to ?

All he ever did was WIN, and he was forced to go play in Canada, where he shattered just about every concievable record, wasting the prime of his career playing against inferior talent, only to come back to the NFL too late.

Why, Because he was short, and White.

39 posted on 10/02/2003 5:48:13 AM PDT by hobbes1 ( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Flurry
Well at 3 pounds my guy was pretty small so I can only imagine 2 pounds! Whew....... glad they are doing well
40 posted on 10/02/2003 5:48:58 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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