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08-07-2003, 12:23 PM
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Optimistic Skeptic
Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial
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When the toilet became plugged and overflowed John became quite embarrassed and left the waterloo without telling anyone.
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08-08-2003, 04:38 AM
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Loser
Location: who the fuck cares?
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Word of the day August 8
The Word of the Day for August 8 is:
Antaean • \an-TEE-un\ • (adjective) 1. mammoth; 2. having superhuman strength A little more information about today’s word: In Greek mythology, Antaeus was the gigantic and powerful son of Gaea the Earth goddess and Poseidon the sea god. Antaeus was a wrestler and whenever he touched his mother (the Earth), his strength was renewed, so he always won his battles even if his opponents threw him to the ground. He proved invincible until he challenged Hercules to wrestle. Hercules discovered the source of the giant's strength, lifted him off the ground, and crushed him to death. In 18th century England, the poet William Mason discovered the power of "Antaean" as a descriptive English adjective, when he used it in his Ode to the Hon. William Pitt: If foil'd at first, resume thy course Rise strengthen'd with Antaean force. My sentence (using definition #2): In an emergency, an average person can become an Antaean powerhouse, capable even of lifting a car to rescue someone trapped underneath. Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence? |
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08-08-2003, 06:26 AM
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Insane
Location: Silicon Valley, Utah
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In war, Antaean strength will not always win over well thought out planning or the abilities of well placed spies.
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Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics. |
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08-11-2003, 12:34 AM
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Loser
Location: who the fuck cares?
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Word of the day August 11
The Word of the Day for August 11 is:
alterity • \awl-TAIR-uh-tee\ • (noun) otherness; specifically the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation A little more information about today’s word: You’re probably familiar with the verb "alter," meaning "to make or become different." If so, you already have some insight into the origins of "alterity"—like our "alter," it's from the Latin word "alter," meaning "other (of two)." (The Latin "alter," in turn, comes from a prehistoric Indo-European word that is also an ancestor of our "alien.") "Alterity" has been used in English as a fancy word for "otherness" ("the state of being other") since at least 1642. It remains less common than "otherness" and tends to turn up most often in the context of literary theory or cultural studies. My sentence: "And it is precisely this mix of alterity and swampy familiarity that allows [his] works to elude conceptual summary so successfully." -- David Kaufmann, Shofar Magazine, Winter 2003 Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence? |
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08-11-2003, 04:56 AM
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Junkie
Location: Montreal
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The province of Quebec, well, the french-born majority -well, some of that majority- felt that they had a distinctness, a je ne sais quoi, an alterity so tightly woven into their genetic and cultural selves, that they owed it to the world at large to separate from their country (misguided though they were).
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08-12-2003, 01:01 AM
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Loser
Location: who the fuck cares?
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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? |
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08-12-2003, 10:07 AM
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Optimistic Skeptic
Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial
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Being raised with a christian doctrine the alterity of other religions is a bit disconcerting.
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IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free |
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08-12-2003, 10:09 AM
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Optimistic Skeptic
Location: Midway between a Beehive and Centennial
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When I was young I would bogart all my halloween candy and make sure my brother didn't take any.
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IS THAT IT ???!!! Do you even know what 'it' is? When the last man dies for just words that he said... We Shall Be Free |
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08-13-2003, 01:55 AM
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Loser
Location: who the fuck cares?
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Word of the day August 13
The Word of the Day for August 13 is:
peloton • \peh-luh-TAHN\ • (noun) the main body of riders in a bicycle race A little more information about today’s word: If you've ever watched the Tour de France on television, you've seen plenty of the peloton, the seemingly endless flow of brightly colored riders making up the central group. You may have also gained some inadvertent insight into the word itself, which as you may have guessed is French in origin. In French, "peloton" literally means "ball," but it is most often used with the meaning "group." It’s frequently used in the bicycling context, just as in English, but it can also refer to a group in a marathon or other sporting event. French "peloton" can also mean "squad" or "platoon," and since we’ve told you that you probably won’t be too surprised to learn that it is also the source of our word "platoon." My sentence: Thousands of cycling fans lined the race route, relaxing in lawn chairs as they waited for the peloton to speed by. Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence? |
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