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11-08-2009, 06:26 pm
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They took a temporary abeyance instead of arguing and making it permanent.
To billet is to commit a crime.
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#842
11-11-2009, 02:13 am
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Word of the Day for Monday, November 9, 2009
fungible \FUHN-juh-buhl\, adjective: 1. (Law) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation. 2. Interchangeable. noun: 1. Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. Usually used in the plural. People think this tax is for Social Security. But tax monies are really fungible. They get raided all the time. -- Eugene Ludwig, "Motivated to Work," interview by Kerry A. Dolan", Forbes, March 20, 2000
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#843
11-11-2009, 02:14 am
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Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 10, 2009
soporific \sop-uh-RIF-ik; soh-puh-\, adjective: 1. Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep. 2. Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy. noun: 1. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic. Hamilton's voice droned on, hypnotic, soporific, the gloom beyond the windows like the backdrop of a waking dream. -- T. Coraghessan Boyle, Riven Rock
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#844
11-11-2009, 02:15 am
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Childrens lunches are easily fungible.
After a long day the bus made everyone soporific.
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#845
11-11-2009, 10:29 pm
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Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 11, 2009
forfend \for-FEND\, transitive verb; also forefend: 1. a. (Archaic) To prohibit; to forbid. b. To ward off; to prevent; to avert. 2. To defend; to protect; to preserve. The Tory leader sort of wanted to say that the government should deploy the army more rapidly, but -- heaven forfend -- he didn't want to imply that it was anybody's fault that the soldiers hadn't been deployed! -- Simon Hoggart, "A greasy whiff dispels the stench of worthiness", Guardian, March 22, 2001
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#846
11-11-2009, 10:30 pm
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To forfend the castle they dug a trench.
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#847
11-13-2009, 12:04 am
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Word of the Day for Thursday, November 12, 2009
asseverate \uh-SEV-uh-rayt\, transitive verb: To affirm or declare positively or earnestly. But of course it is! asseverates Herman Woodlife. -- Miles Kington, "Child slavery: the half-truth", Independent, June 12, 1998
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#848
11-13-2009, 12:04 am
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Tommy asseverated the answers as best as he could.
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#849
11-13-2009, 08:14 am
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Thank you for taking over Jules!
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#850
11-13-2009, 05:01 pm
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Not a problem.
 Word of the Day for Friday, November 13, 2009 carapace \KAIR-uh-pace\, noun: 1. The thick shell that covers the back of the turtle, the crab, and other animals. 2. Something likened to a shell that serves to protect or isolate from external influence. Desperate to win his father's attention and respect, Kennedy became a hard man for a long while, covering over his sensitivity and capacity for empathy with a carapace of arrogance. -- Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life
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#851
11-13-2009, 05:02 pm
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Mr. Turtle was protected by his carapace when the tigers attacked.
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#852
11-14-2009, 11:39 am
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Word of the Day for Saturday, November 14, 2009
quiescent \kwy-ES-uhnt; kwee-\, adjective: Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; inactive. The solution, Dr. Wilmut discovered, was to, in effect, put the DNA from the adult cell to sleep, making it quiescent by depriving the adult cell of nutrients. -- Gina Kolata, "Scientist Reports First Cloning Ever of Adult Mammal", New York Times, February 23, 1997
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#853
11-14-2009, 11:40 am
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The quiescent children were happily asleep when the clock struck midnight.
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#854
11-15-2009, 11:40 am
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Word of the Day for Sunday, November 15, 2009
agog \uh-GOG\, adjective: Full of excitement or interest; in eager desire; eager, keen. Kobe Bryant left the Minnesota Timberwolves agog after a series of eye-popping moves in a game last week. -- New York Times, February 5, 1998
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#855
11-15-2009, 11:41 am
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There children were agog to get to the park.
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#856
11-17-2009, 04:59 pm
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I never got Mondays :(
Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 17, 2009 perseverate \per-SEV-uh-reyt\, intransitive verb: 1. To involuntarily repeat a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder. 2. To repeat something insistently or redundantly. "Perseverate is a word I grew up using because my sister Claire was often said to be "perseverating again." She would get stuck on whether or not the cat was eating enough and if my mother was off somewhere getting sucked up by a tornado. -- Jeanne Marie Laskas, Growing Girls
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#857
11-17-2009, 05:00 pm
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The children werent listening so the teacher perseverated the answers multiple times.
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#858
11-18-2009, 04:40 pm
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Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 18, 2009
exegesis \ek-suh-JEE-sis\, noun; plural exegeses \-seez\: Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text. It is a fiercely argued exegesis of Shakespeare's plays in the tradition of Samuel Johnson, Hazlitt and A. C. Bradley, a study that is as passionate as it is erudite. -- Michiko Kakutani, "Vast Shakespearean Drama With All People as Players", New York Times, October 27, 1998
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#859
11-18-2009, 04:41 pm
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She read the exegesis a thousand times, and still didnt understand.
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#860
11-20-2009, 11:43 pm
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Word of the Day for Thursday, November 19, 2009
obfuscate \OB-fuh-skayt\, transitive verb: 1. To darken or render indistinct or dim. 2. To make obscure or difficult to understand or make sense of. 3. To confuse or bewilder. Yet little has been written of him (he obfuscated details of his life in interviews), and his art is little recalled. -- Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz
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