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#861
11-20-2009, 11:43 pm
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Word of the Day for Friday, November 20, 2009
billingsgate \BIL-ingz-gayt; -git\, noun: Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language. Chaney would yell at him in his own particular patois -- an unapologetic stream of billingsgate far more creative than Marine drill instructors or master rappers. -- George Vecsey, "Learning at Temple: Se Habla Chaneyism", New York Times, March 19, 2000
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.        
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#862
11-21-2009, 01:29 pm
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Word of the Day for Saturday, November 21, 2009
germane \juhr-MAYN\, adjective: Appropriate or fitting; relevant. The issue is not germane to the present discussion. -- Richard Wollheim, On the Emotions
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#863
11-22-2009, 06:13 pm
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Word of the Day for Sunday, November 22, 2009
affable \AF-uh-buhl\, adjective: 1. Easy to speak to; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner. 2. Gracious; benign. Nonetheless, in view of the fact that Leon stated in the warrant that I was good-looking, cheerful and affable, they exhorted me to make myself appear to be taciturn, melancholy and ugly. -- Susana Rotker (Editor), The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa De Mier
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#864
11-23-2009, 01:45 pm
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Word of the Day for Monday, November 23, 2009
benison \BEN-uh-suhn; -zuhn\, noun: Blessing; benediction. In the beginning, Gibran's small estate was worth some $50,000, benison enough for a village of ten thousand souls. -- Stefan Kanfer, "But is it not strange that elephants will yield -- and that The Prophet is still popular?", New York Times, June 25, 1972
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#865
11-24-2009, 03:48 pm
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Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 24, 2009
martinet \mar-t'n-ET\, noun: 1. A strict disciplinarian. 2. One who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods. His insistence on strict discipline began to earn him a reputation among his men as an unfeeling martinet. -- Michiko Kakutani, "Still Pondering the Myth Of Custer's Last Stand", New York Times, May 28, 1996
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#866
11-26-2009, 07:07 pm
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I dont know what happened to Wednesdays, sorry.
Word of the Day for Thursday, November 26, 2009 provender \PROV-uhn-duhr\, noun: 1. Dry food for domestic animals, such as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. 2. Food or provisions. It turns out that he and thousands of other German immigrants have been acting as pre-invasion intelligence-gatherers, ensuring that "the German Army knew almost to a bale of hay what provender lay between London and the coast." -- Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#867
11-29-2009, 12:32 am
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None for yesterday either, sorry.
I think I have to wait until after 4(pm) to check my emial. It just doesnt work if I dont. :( Word of the Day for Saturday, November 28, 2009 rusticate \RUHS-tih-kayt\, intransitive verb: 1. To go into or reside in the country; to pursue a rustic life. transitive verb: 1. To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily. 2. (Chiefly British). To suspend from school or college. 3. To build with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints. 4. To lend a rustic character to; to cause to become rustic. Ezra holds out in London, and refuses to rusticate. -- T. S. Eliot to Conrad Aiken, "21 August 1916", The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume I, 1898-1922 edited by Valerie Eliot
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#868
12-01-2009, 12:39 am
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Word of the Day for Monday, November 30, 2009
couture \koo-TOOR\, noun: 1. The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women. 2. Dressmakers and fashion designers considered as a group. 3. The high-fashion clothing created by designers. adjective: 1. Created or produced by a fashion designer. 2. Being, having, or suggesting the style, quality, etc., of a fashion designer; very fashionable. The stars of the 1920s, for whom Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson might stand as archetypes, were chauffeured about the city in exotic automobiles, lived on great estates, spent fortunes on their couture. -- Kevin Starr, The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s (Americans and the California Dream)
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#869
12-01-2009, 04:32 pm
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Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 1, 2009
intrepid \in-TREP-id\, adjective: Fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit. But the stubborn descendants of the twenty-one intrepid people who plowed through the mountains in search of the sea to the west avoided the reefs of the melodic mixup and dancing went on until dawn. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#870
12-02-2009, 04:01 pm
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Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 2, 2009
myrmidon \MUR-muh-don; -duhn\, noun: 1. (Capitalized) A member of a warlike Thessalian people who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy. 2. A loyal follower, especially one who executes orders without question. He risked assassination, torture or . . . retaliation, the defining signatures of Mr. Milosevic and his ultranationalist myrmidons. -- Bruce Fein, "Follow U.S. war crimes advice?", Washington Times, May 10, 20
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#871
12-03-2009, 07:04 pm
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Word of the Day for Thursday, December 3, 2009
roborant \ROB-uh-ruhnt\, adjective: 1. Strengthening; restoring vigor. noun: 1. A strengthening medicine; a tonic; a restorative. A major field study of the effect of pollen extracts on the common cold and its roborant . . . effects in 775 Swedish military recruits did not give unequivocal results in relation to the prophylactic effect of the preparation used against the common cold. -- James P. Carter, Racketeering in Medicine
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade. Last edited by 2jules7; 12-03-2009 at 07:04 pm. Reason: I forgot the example. :]
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#872
12-04-2009, 04:56 pm
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Word of the Day for Friday, December 4, 2009
gallimaufry \gal-uh-MAW-free\, noun: A hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley. Today bilingual programs are conducted in a gallimaufry of around 80 tongues, ranging from Spanish to Lithuanian to Micronesian Yapese. -- Ezra Bowen, "For Learning or Ethnic Pride?", Time, July 8, 1985
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#873
12-05-2009, 08:25 pm
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Word of the Day for Saturday, December 5, 2009
nonplus \non-PLUHS\, transitive verb: To cause to be at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; to confound; to perplex; to bewilder. Mr Esswis had promptly negotiated an arrangement between himself, the owner of the sprayer and the owner of the sheep, nonplussing the other two farmers by accepting full blame of the straying animal, as long as unpleasantness and paperwork could be avoided. -- Michel Faber, Under the Skin: A Novel
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#874
12-06-2009, 03:44 pm
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Word of the Day for Sunday, December 6, 2009
bonhomie \bah-nuh-MEE\, noun: A good nature; pleasant and easy manner. That bonhomie which won the hearts of all who knew him. -- Washington Irving, Oliver Goldsmith
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#875
12-07-2009, 04:36 pm
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Word of the Day for Monday, December 7, 2009
fatuous \FACH-oo-uhs\, adjective: 1. Inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid. 2. Illusory; delusive. Publishers persist in the fatuous belief that a little hocus-pocus in the front flap blurb will so dazzle readers that they'll be too dazed to notice the quality of what's on the pages inside. -- "A night in the city", Irish Times, October 7, 1997
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#876
12-09-2009, 12:03 am
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Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 8, 2009
solicitous \suh-LIS-uh-tuhs\, adjective: 1. Manifesting or expressing care or concern. 2. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive. 3. Extremely careful; meticulous. 4. Full of desire; eager. He does not appear to have suffered from homesickness, although the suspicion that this might have been due to the unsatisfactory nature of his 'home' life seems belied by the tone and content of his letters; he makes frequent and solicitous inquiries after not only Mabel and his mother but also his father. -- Matthew Sturgis, Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#877
12-09-2009, 05:50 pm
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Word of the Day for Wednesday, December 9, 2009
ratiocination \rash-ee-ah-suh-NAY-shun; rash-ee-oh-\, noun: The process of logical reasoning. For all their vaunted powers of ratiocination, grand masters of chess tend to be a skittery lot. -- "People", Time, October 26, 1987
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#878
12-10-2009, 01:00 am
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Thanks Jules!
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You know I like my chicken fried
Well I`ve seen the sunrise See the love in my Man's Eyes Feel the touch of a precious child And I know a Mother`s Love  And its funny how it`s the simple things in life that mean the most Raise you glasses for a toast To a little bit of chicken fried ---- -If You Don't Got Much Time- What are YOU Gonna Do 
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#879
12-10-2009, 08:06 pm
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Not a problem. :]
Word of the Day for Thursday, December 10, 2009 cogitate \KOJ-uh-tayt\, intransitive verb: 1. To think deeply or intently; to ponder; to meditate. 2. To think about; to ponder on; to meditate upon; to plan or plot. As she waited in the prison anteroom to be admitted, Bitsey read background file clippings from NEWS Magazine's morgue and cogitated on the idea of knowing one's exact date of death beforehand. -- Dewey Gram, The Life of David Gale
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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#880
12-14-2009, 04:33 pm
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Word of the Day for Friday, December 11, 2009
recalcitrant \rih-KAL-sih-truhnt\, adjective: Stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint. If they lingered too long, Clarice hurried them along in the same annoyed way she rushed recalcitrant goats through the gate. -- Kaye Gibbons, On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
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you are more than the choices that you've made, you are more than the sum of your past mistakes, you are more than the problems you create, you've been remade.
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