As the peloton sped by, George was glad he'd endured the French.

George ate his popcorn and watched intently as the big cat skulked in the documentary.

George winced as Carleen's skate malfunctioned and carrered into the bushes.

Word of the day August 18
 

The Word of the Day for August 18 is:

parol • \PAIR-ul\ • (noun) oral communication

A little more information about today’s word:
Since the 18th century, "parol" has been pretty much confined to oral contracts and the realm of law. No longer is anyone likely to refer to the "sweet parols of his paramour," as in one 16th-century work. "Parol" brings to mind that other legal word, "parole." Both words lack any connection with law in their original form. They come from Latin "parabola," which means "parable" or "speech." The Latin, in turn, is from Greek "parabole," meaning "comparison." The French created two words (which we then borrowed) from "parabola": "parol," meaning "spoken words," and "parole," for "word of honor." Originally, "parole" was a prisoner of war’s promise to fulfill certain conditions on consideration of his release.

My sentence:
Mrs. Bridesworth had an agreement by parol with her tenant for the monthly rent, but no written lease.

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

Next sentence?

I'm seeking a restraining order against my parol officer.

She never said a word, she just let her parol breasticles speak for themselves.

As a general rule, parol--oral--testimony cannot be used in court to contradict an unambiguous writing.

My daughter agreed by parol that she would clean her room so she could go to the concert.

Dental dams: for the prevention of parol of Herpes

(sorry)

The parol between the two was considered legally binding.

In a peloton if one person falls everybody falls.

The drunk did a very poor job of skulking into the bedroom.

In order not to hit the pregnant woman crossing the street I careered into the wall.

I've rued the day I didn't get the parol recorded.

Word of the day August 19
 

The Word of the Day for August 19 is:

sinuous • \SIN-yuh-wus\ • (adjective) 1a. of a serpentine or wavy form; winding; 1b. marked by strong lithe movements; 2. intricate, complex

A little more information about today’s word:
Although it probably makes you think more of snakes than head colds, "sinuous" is etymologically more like "sinus" than "serpent." "Sinuous" and "sinus" both derive from the Latin noun "sinus," which means "curve, fold, or hollow." In English, "sinus" is the older word; it entered the language in the 1400s, while the earliest recorded use of "sinuous" dates from 1578. "Serpent," by the way, comes from the Latin verb "serpere," meaning "to creep."

My sentence (using definition #1a):
While flying over the Midwest, I saw a long, sinuous river snaking across the plains, winding through fields, farms, and towns as it made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico.

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

Next sentence?

Come on and sinuous , I didn’t buy all that booze, arrange getting this beach house, and start taking birth control pills for nothing!

After drinking way to much I found myself making my way sinuously across the living room floor.

The road around the moutain was a serious of sinuous turns on a dangerous road.

The exotic dancer's sinuous way of moving had her raking in the money.

Word of the day August 20
 

The Word of the Day for August 20 is:

belie • \bih-LYE\ • (verb) 1. to give a false impression of; misrepresent; 2a. to show (something) to be false or wrong; 2b. to run counter to; contradict; 3. to obscure the existence or true state or character of; conceal

A little more information about today’s word:
"What is a lie?" asked Lord Byron in Don Juan. He then answered himself: "'Tis but the truth in masquerade. . . ." The history of "belie" illustrates a certain connection between lying and disguising. In its earliest known uses, around A.D. 1000, "belie" meant "to deceive by lying." By the 1200s, it was being used to mean "to tell lies about," using a sense similar to that of the modern word "slander." Over time, its meaning softened, shifting from an act of outright lying to one of mere misrepresentation, and by the early 1700s, the word was being used in the sense "to disguise or conceal." Nowadays, "belie" suggests giving an impression at variance with the facts rather than telling an intentional untruth.

My sentence (using definition #3):
Penny’s easy banter and relaxed attitude belied her nervousness.

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

Next sentence?

Don't you belying to me, or I'll give you a whipping you'll not soon forget!

Dan's poker face belied the fact that he had four kings.

His sinuous arm, banded by protruding veins and well defined muscles, was the focus of his narcicistic fascination.

Smiling Jim's friendly manner and good natured laugh did not belie his true character; he was a cross burning, murdering racist wizard of the KKK.

the belly dancer's blushing smile belied her bleeding heart ?

John used his fake ID to belie that he was 21 when he was only 18.

I had to drive up a very steep and sinuous road to get to a certain girlfriend's house -- which seems like a perfect metaphor for our relationship.

Word of the day August 21
 

The Word of the Day for August 21 is:

obfuscate • \AHB-fuh-skayt\ • (verb) 1a. darken; b. to make obscure; 2. confuse

A little more information about today’s word:
The last syllable of "obfuscate" may sound like the "skate" in "ice skate," but the two aren't spelled the same way. How can you keep the correct spelling for "obfuscate" clear in your mind? The knowledge that the word traces to the Latin "fuscus," meaning "dark brown," may be of some help. The fact that "obfuscate" looks and sounds a little like "obscure" (although the two are etymologically distinct) might help too; both "obfuscate" and "obscure" can refer to concealing something or making it more difficult to see or understand. Or maybe alliterative devices are more your cup of tea. If that's the case, you can remember the "c" by recalling that "obfuscate" means to confuse, cloud over, or cover up.

My sentence (using definition #1b):
I thought Chad would give me a straightforward account of events, but instead he obfuscated the facts with evasive, misleading answers.

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

Next sentence?

Many people accused the politician of obfuscation but the real problem was the they were easily confused.

I’ve told you for the last time: “ Obfuscate without any pads, you will be an old man before your time!”

Obfuscating your email address some places on the net can make it more difficult for people to spam you.

My favourite:

Eschew obfuscation!

Your defining of the word obfuscate did not obfuscate me in the least.

Word of the day August 22
 

The Word of the Day for August 22 is:

venal • \VEE-nuhl\ • (adjective) 1. capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; especially open to corrupt influence and especially bribery; 2. originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery

A little more information about today’s word:
If you are given the choice between acts that are "venal" and those that are "venial," go for the venial. Although the two words look and sound alike, they have very different meanings and histories. "Venal" demonstrates the adage that anything can be had if the price is high enough and the morals are low enough. That word originated with the Latin "venum," which simply referred to something that was sold or for sale. Some of those transactions must have been rather shady, because by the mid-1600s, "venal" had gained the sense of corruption it carries today. "Venial" sins, on the other hand, are pardonable, the kind that prove everyone makes mistakes sometimes. That forgiving term descends from "venia," Latin for "favor," "indulgence," or "pardon."

My sentence (using definition #1):
"Corruption is a two-sided deal involving both venal officials and corrupt bribepayers. . . ."
-- Susan Rose-Ackerman, The Journal of Banking and Finance, September 2002

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

Next sentence?

OUr local politicians aspire to be venal but nobody thinks they are important enough to buy.

All too often, a venal review board will promote a student against popular opinion. In these cases, students are judged on the width of their wallet rather than their excellence of examination.

Source code obscfucation is a technique used by computer programmers to make thier work less readable by the scrying eyes of their competition.

His reputation for being a venal man eventually led to his indictment.

When I argue with my wife I always try to obfuscate the issue in order to win the argument, but since she is a lawyer she rarely gets confused.

It is the realist that claims that venal politicians are ubiquitous

Word of the day August 25
 

The Word of the Day for August 25 is:

ineluctable • \ih-nih-LUK-tuh-bul\ • (adjective) not to be avoided, changed, or resisted; inevitable

A little more information about today’s word:
Like drama, wrestling was popular in ancient Greece and Rome. "Wrestler," in Latin, is "luctator," and "to wrestle" is "luctari." "Luctari" also has extended senses—"to struggle," "to strive," or "to contend." "Eluctari" joined "e-" ("ex-") with "luctari," forming a verb meaning "to struggle clear of." "Ineluctabilis" brought in the negative prefix "in-" to form an adjective describing something that cannot be escaped or avoided. English speakers borrowed the word as "ineluctable" around 1623. Another word that has its roots in "luctari" is "reluctant." "Reluctari" means "to struggle against"—hence someone who is "reluctant" resists or holds back.

My sentence:
In classical Greek tragedy, the hero's flaw leads him to a disastrous and ineluctable fate.

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

Next sentence?

Luke liked to linger about the ineluctable consequences of his lethargic behaviour ?

It was his first rodeo and with ineluctable , hopefully, would not sense his fear.

Spinoza was a predeterminist who believed that there was an ineluctable future.

John's ineluctable nature was obvious by the way he would always make his presence in a room known.

Sitting here in front of the computer I know that death is ineluctable.

Attempting jujutsu randori with a skilled oppoent twice my size led to ineluctable defeaut.

Word of the day August 26
 

The Word of the Day for August 26 is:

ukase • \yoo-KAYSS\ • (noun) 1. a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law; 2a : a proclamation having the force of law; 2b. order, command

A little more information about today’s word:
English speakers adopted "ukase" more or less simultaneously from French ("ukase") and Russian ("ukaz") in the early 18th century. The word can be traced further back to the Russian verb "ukazat'," meaning "to show, order," and its ultimate source is an ancient root that led to similar words in Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavonic. A Russian ukase was a command from the highest levels of government that could not be disobeyed. But by the early 19th century, English speakers were also using "ukase" generally for any command that seemed to come from a higher authority, particularly one that was final or arbitrary.

My sentence (using definition #2b):
"The professor's first instruction to the [playwriting] class was a ukase: Never begin a play with a telephone ringing."
-- Bruce McCabe, The Boston Globe, June 23, 2000

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

Next sentence?

When the Czar sold Alaska to the United States he put in the sales contract that native Alaskans should always be compensated, something that had been a ukase for many years.

Foist rule of crime: “ Ukase da joint, before ya hit it.”

Lincoln's famous ukase ended state sponsored slavery in the United States.

Everything my girlfriend says to me is a ukase.

Nicholas issued many ukases while he was tzar.

Now that he's in the Air Force, my friend will have to get used to receiving ukases from commanding officers.

The ukase made up of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Though Arnie campaigned hard in California, he was ineluctable!!

Word of the day August 27
 

The Word of the Day for August 27 is:

pacify • \PASS-uh-fye\ • (verb) 1. to allay the anger or agitation of; soothe; 2. to restore to a tranquil state; settle

A little more information about today’s word:
A parent who wants to win a little peace and quiet might give a fussy baby a pacifier. An employer seeking to avoid worker discontent might pay employees well. These actions may seem unrelated, but, etymologically speaking, they have a lot in common. Both "pacifier" and "pay" are ultimately derived from "pax," the Latin word for "peace." As you may have guessed, "pax" is also the source of our word "peace." "Pacify" comes to us through the Middle English "pacifien," from the Latin verb "pacificare," which derives from "pax."

My sentence (using definition #1):
Erin sang a soothing lullaby to pacify the crying baby.

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

Next sentence?

Pacified chicken, it REALLY is “finger lickin’ good!”

I have discovered that there are some situations where it is impossible to pacify a person.

Sometimes the only thing that can pacify a person is a glass of warm milk with two heaping spoonfuls of honey.

When I'm angry, I have to step back to pacify myself so I don't say or do something that I'll regret later.

Scientific research has suggested that crying infants should be pacified with photographs of women's breasts.

I submit that tomorrow's word should be 'callipygian'.

That is my favorite word. Any word referring to nates really pacifies me.

Word of the day August 28
 

The Word of the Day for August 28 is:

volition • \voh-LIH-shun\ • (noun) 1. an act of making a choice or decision; also a choice or decision made; 2. the power of choosing or determining; will

A little more information about today’s word:
"Volition" ultimately derives from the Latin verb "velle," meaning "to will" or "to wish." English speakers borrowed the term from French in the 17th century, using it at first to mean "an act of choosing." Its earliest known English use appeared in Thomas Jackson's 1615 Commentaries upon the Apostle's Creed: "That such acts, again, as they appropriate to the will, and call volitions, are essentially and formally intellections, is most evident." The second sense of "volition," meaning "the power to choose," had developed by the mid-18th century.

My sentence (using definition #2):
"The best player in franchise history got up and walked out on the fans, and . . . he left of his own volition."
-- Kevin Paul Dupont, The Boston Globe, April 20, 2003

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

Next sentence?

The POW was recorded accusing his country of terrible crimes but no one believed he did it on his own volition.

dammit redravin, that's what I was going to say.

The lawyer claimed that his client did not act on his own volition because of a mental problem.

My excuse for eating up all the chocolates in the house is that I have no volition of my own.

It's never volitional after you get caught.

Word of the day August 29
 

The Word of the Day for August 29 is:

pugilism • \PYOO-juh-lih-zum\ • (noun) boxing

A little more information about today’s word:
The practice of fighting for sport was in place in a number of Mediterranean civilizations by 1500 B.C. (and recent evidence suggests that it may have flourished in parts of eastern Africa before that). By the 7th century B.C., boxing had become a staple of the Olympic Games in Greece. Soon afterward, the Romans picked up the sport and introduced the word "pugil" (a noun related to the Latin "pugnus," meaning "fist") to refer to a boxer. Boxing faded out with the decline of the Roman Empire, but resurged in popularity in the18th century. By the 1790s, "pugilist" and "pugilism" were firmly entrenched in the English lexicon.

My sentence:
Forever fascinated by the art and science of pugilism, Shane collected biographies of noted boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, and Sonny Liston.

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

Next sentence?

The bouncer was a former pugilist who liked to let the drunks take the first shot before he locked them down.

After years of pugilism, John had taken so many hits to the head that he had trouble speaking.

Pugilist REALLY reeks, was it that important that you had to retrieve it out of the garbage?

Repeated and excessive growth spurts before, during and after puberty had left Doris with a face and body that reminded one of the less glamorous side of pugilism; that is to say, the swollen, lumpy and severely assymetrical losing side.

:crazy:

Mr. Ali turned pugilism into a spectacle worthy of Las Vegas.

She threw off the sheets and offered up to me her smooth, silky ass in an attempt to pacify my burning, unsatiable lust.

Peter the Pug was a Prized Pupil in the plentiful population that planned on perpetually perpetrating pugilism.

Christ, in all His pain and passion, at the very end, was comforted in the ineluctable nature of His sacrifyce.

Uke- Laly


Ivan"the Mild" Tychovski, my drinkin buddy from the deep 70's, always shouted loud and obnoxious orders resembling mad ukases' from another time.

Corruption is a Venal Disease.

Free will=released on your own volition.

obfuscate-

this word is looking decidedly strange.
like....
spinach
:)
I should try again sometime

The lunatics parol only served to ensure that his handcuffs be tightened even more.

Linda Loveless, a groupies groupie, was well versed in weaving sinuous tales for the security chiefs at these venues...

When all else failed in my desperation, I rose up and decided to name my demon-
and its name was Belial.

And I was no longer worthless

He was Huge
He was White, Boney and hunched over....



He's the Incredible Skulk.

WOW IM RETARDED.

Mike Tyson is a cheap pugilist. He is also a cannibal.

SShhheeeeahHAHA

"Ben, my pugilist son..."

Awesome points to the person that cites this quote. :}