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JadziaDax · 08-12-2003, 01:01 AM

The Word of the Day for August 12 is:

bogart • \BOH-gart\ • (verb) 1. bully, intimidate; 2. to use or consume without sharing

A little more information about today’s word:
The legendary film actor Humphrey Bogart was known for playing a range of tough characters in a series of films throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The African Queen. The men he portrayed often possessed a cool, hardened exterior that occasionally let forth a suggestion of romantic or idealistic sentimentality. Bogart also had a unique method of smoking cigarettes in these pictures—letting the butt dangle from his mouth without removing it until it was almost entirely consumed. It is believed that this habit inspired the current meaning of "bogart," which was once limited to the phrase "Don’t bogart that joint [marijuana cigarette]," but can now be applied to almost anything, from food to physical space (as on a beach).

My sentence (using definition #2):
"[The dog] lay dazed on her side on the kitchen floor, bogarting a bone, dozens more scattered around her like some dog play set she'd grown bored with."
-- Douglas Bauer, The Boston Globe, July 25, 2001

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

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08-12-2003, 01:01 AM	#61 (permalink)
JadziaDax Loser Location: who the fuck cares?	Word of the day August 12 The Word of the Day for August 12 is: bogart • \BOH-gart\ • (verb) 1. bully, intimidate; 2. to use or consume without sharing A little more information about today’s word: The legendary film actor Humphrey Bogart was known for playing a range of tough characters in a series of films throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The African Queen. The men he portrayed often possessed a cool, hardened exterior that occasionally let forth a suggestion of romantic or idealistic sentimentality. Bogart also had a unique method of smoking cigarettes in these pictures—letting the butt dangle from his mouth without removing it until it was almost entirely consumed. It is believed that this habit inspired the current meaning of "bogart," which was once limited to the phrase "Don’t bogart that joint [marijuana cigarette]," but can now be applied to almost anything, from food to physical space (as on a beach). My sentence (using definition #2): "[The dog] lay dazed on her side on the kitchen floor, bogarting a bone, dozens more scattered around her like some dog play set she'd grown bored with." -- Douglas Bauer, The Boston Globe, July 25, 2001 Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence?