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     mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 1452 Registered: 5-2001  |
Here's mine: scofflaw (noun) - 1. one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses I just crack up at this word. Ok, Ok, I'll just go and fix another drink. Bye. | ||
| patty Citizen Username: Patty Post Number: 279 Registered: 5-2001 |
Askew When David The Village Sweep (recommended on this board) checked my chimney flue damper, he settled it back into its frame and said "Check the damper occasionally, because it was askew." I thought, hmmmmmmmm, interesting choice of words. Then I read his brochure and found that he had been a high school teacher before starting this business. Cool. | ||
| wharfrat Citizen Username: Wharfrat Post Number: 711 Registered: 6-2001 |
That's funny, Patty, because when we first moved to town we had dead squirrels in our chimney. David The Village Sweep put on a couple of chimney caps and assured us this would prevent "interlopers" finding their way down our flues. Sounds like my favorite word of the day is "interlopers". | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 644 Registered: 5-2001 |
Hmmm....so can we find a poetic way to use today's favorite words all together in one sentence? The scofflaw interlopers found their way into our flue And left things askew. | ||
| Ed May Citizen Username: Edmay Post Number: 1062 Registered: 9-2001 |
I like the worde : SEGUE segue was Word of the Day on January 1, 2000. Source: Dictionary.com Word of the Day se·gue ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sgw, sgw) intr.v. se·gued, se·gue·ing, se·gues Music. To make a transition directly from one section or theme to another. To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another: “Daylight segued into dusk” (Susan Dworski). n. An act or instance of segueing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [From Italian, there follows, third-person sing. present tense of seguire, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequ. See sekw-1 in Indo-European Roots.] For Example: "Jamie smoothly segued from a joke about internet dating to the ubiquitous 'How many Daves does it take to screw in a light bulb' ". Ed May | ||
| Soda Citizen Username: Soda Post Number: 879 Registered: 5-2001  |
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| ml1 Citizen Username: Ml1 Post Number: 490 Registered: 5-2002  |
I love the word "vacuous." It's particularly useful when describing the speeches or slogans of most politicians. vacuous (adj.) Devoid of matter; empty. Lacking intelligence; stupid. Devoid of substance or meaning; inane: a vacuous comment. Devoid of expression; vacant: “The narrow, swinelike eyes were open, no more vacuous in death than they had been in life” (Nicholas Proffitt). Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle. See Synonyms at empty. [From Latin vacuus, empty. See vacuum.] | ||
| Timmeh Citizen Username: Timmeh Post Number: 610 Registered: 1-2002  |
I love this word: Timmeh! | ||
| naborly Citizen Username: Naborly Post Number: 178 Registered: 7-2001 |
Waffle Waffle Waffle Waffle Waffle It's just fun to say. | ||
| patty Citizen Username: Patty Post Number: 280 Registered: 5-2001 |
Our vacuous Timmeh waffled on the scofflaw interlopers' cell-tower, which was askew anyway (segueing into the next Timmeh post, which said Timmeh as well, which technically therefore did not need a segue). | ||
| Marilyn May Citizen Username: Marilynmay Post Number: 71 Registered: 7-2002 |
How much does a SEG weigh, anyway? | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 647 Registered: 5-2001 |
About the same as a henway. | ||
| ml1 Citizen Username: Ml1 Post Number: 494 Registered: 5-2002 |
about four pounds | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 648 Registered: 5-2001 |
Precisely.  | ||
| mem Citizen Username: Mem Post Number: 1454 Registered: 5-2001 |
And today's word for me is: Frippery frip·per·y PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: frp-ree KEY NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. frip·per·ies 1. Pretentious, showy finery. 2. Pretentious elegance; ostentation. 3. Something trivial or nonessential. And I always thought it was a flavor of icecream! Lol! | ||
| jem Citizen Username: Jem Post Number: 652 Registered: 5-2001  |
And my fave for the day, a word of which I've always been fond, and used very nicely indeed today by Rheims here: limn Pronunciation: 'lim Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): limned; limn·ing /'li-mi[ng], 'lim-ni[ng]/ Etymology: Middle English luminen, limnen to illuminate (a manuscript), from Middle French enluminer, from Latin illuminare to illuminate Date: 1592 1 : to draw or paint on a surface 2 : to outline in clear sharp detail : DELINEATE | ||
| jgberkeley Supporter Username: Jgberkeley Post Number: 2527 Registered: 5-2001 |
Smuck Just fun to say, every day. | ||
| moose Citizen Username: Moose Post Number: 88 Registered: 6-2001 |
nap | ||
| patty Citizen Username: Patty Post Number: 282 Registered: 5-2001 |
whinge (v.) w^inj. ETYMOLOGY: Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian. My sainted mother from Ireland used to say this, about whining. "Ah would you stop your whinging now" has a definite ring and delicacy to it. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 4039 Registered: 5-2001  |
plinth |
