Paul Bunyon was able to hew, trim and float an entire forest before breakfast.

Many authority figures want you to hew to the line.

If some of the lurkers don't start participating, they may find themselves hewed.

It's a tree, I see... Let's hew a canoe.

"You want me to do what?!?"
>> HEW!
"Yes, ME... What do you want me to do?"
>>HEW! , With Us!!
"Uh... Ok I'm with you guys, just tell me......" :D:D:D


[edit] I used the third meaning... aka Conform, I had to pun it as well ;) [edit]

I'd eschew a ewe who'd hew a yew.

Word of the day June 17
 

The Word of the Day for June 17 is:

interdigitate • \in-ter-DIH-juh-tayt\ • (verb) to become interlocked like the fingers of folded hands

A little more information about today’s word:
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that "interdigitate" comes from the prefix "inter-," as in "interlock," and the Latin word "digitus," meaning "finger." "Digitus" also gave us "digit," which is used in English today to refer to (among other things) the finger or toe of any animal. "Interdigitate" usually suggests an interlocking of things with fingerlike projections, such as muscle fibers or the teeth of an old-fashioned bear trap. The word can also be used figuratively to imply a smooth interweaving of disparate things, such as the blending of two cultures within a shared region.

My sentence:
"The edges [of the expansion joints built into many bridges] often are shaped like combs, the teeth of one interdigitating with teeth of the other."
-- The Washington Post, January 14, 1998

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

Next sentence?

After getting into trouble, the boy had to sit in the corner with his hands interdigitated.

The little kids love it when I play with interdigitating my hands in different ways.

"here's the church..."

In marriage two peoples lives become interdigitated.

Because she was forced to interdigitate, her prowess at mathematical equations was not evident.

I'd like to interdigitate with Natasha!

Alisha Klass has interdigitated her fingers and fisted some girl to a cataclysmic orgasm.

Word of the day June 18
 

The Word of the Day for June 18 is:

kismet • \KIZ-met\ • (noun, often capitalized) fate

A little more information about today’s word:
Is it your fate to tie macrame while drinking coffee and eating sherbet in a minaret? That would be an unusual destiny, but if it turns out to be your kismet, you will owe much to Turkish and Arabic. We borrowed "kismet" from Turkish in the 1800s, but it ultimately derives from the Arabic "qismah," meaning "portion" or "lot." Several other terms in our bizarre opening question (namely, "macrame," "coffee," "sherbet," and "minaret") have roots in those languages too. In the case of "macrame" and "minaret," there is a little French influence as well. "Coffee" and "macrame" also have Italian relations, and "sherbet" has an ancestor in a Persian name for a type of cold drink.

My sentence:
"It was at this point in his career that kismet arranged his meeting with the young man who one day was to begin the undoing of it all."
-- Theodore Bonnet, The Mudlark

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

Next sentence?

Remember kids: only Cohen The Barbarian is cunning enough to cheat Kismet.

I said to her, "I had a feeling when we met, it was kismet."

When my kismet Spiderman, they were totally in awe.

It was kismet that we would meet, milady.

Many people feel that kismet can't be avoided.

Kismet is located near Parramatta in Sydney Australia; they specialise in bold and beautiful rats with spectacular temperaments and are currently working on berkshire, blaze and the occasional self rat in a variety of colours.

The train cars coupled as if trying to interdigitate.

It was kismet that I found the TRP.

BTW, Jadzia, that my be my favorite of your avatars to date.

After pssionate lovemaking, my SO and I fell asleep interdigitated.

In college, my frustrations with my roommate led to a defenestration.

Word of the day June 19
 

The Word of the Day for June 19 is:

lavation • \lay-VAY-shun\ • (noun) the act or an instance of washing or cleansing

A little more information about today’s word:
It sounds logical that you would perform a "lavation" in a "lavatory," doesn't it? And it is logical: both these words come from the Latin "lavare," meaning, appropriately, "to wash." English picked up a few other words from this root as well. In medicine, the therapeutic washing out of an organ is "lavage." There is also "lavabo" (in Latin, literally, "I shall wash") which in English can refer to a ceremony at Mass in which the celebrant washes his hands, to the basin used in this religious ceremony, or to other kinds of basins. Even the word "lavish," via a Middle French word for a downpour of rain, comes to us from "lavare."

My sentence:
Having completed his morning lavation, Arnold felt ready to begin the day.

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

Next sentence?

After sex i like to lavatate my thang.

He did such a stunning job with the lavation of his hands, the doctor decided to lave his surgical gloves off for this operation.

After being raised by a nurse, and then working two years in a hospital I do the lavation of my hands to a level most won't.

After the lavation of his car, John was finally done with all of his chores for the day.

After the laviation i left the shower to proceed with my morning routines.

Every chef know that not lavation your is one of the leading causes of food born illness.

Feline lavation results in spit-covered cats.

When Johnies mom cought him with his dick in his hand and cum all over the place he said, "Mom, I was just lavationing it and it went off".

Word of the day June 20
 

The Word of the Day for June 20 is:

mayhap • \MAY-hap\ • (adverb) perhaps

A little more information about today’s word:
If "mayhap" looks to you like a relative of "perhaps," you're right—the words are related. Both ultimately derive from the Middle English noun "hap," meaning "chance, fortune." "Mayhap" was formed by combining the phrase "(it) may hap" into a single word. "Hap" here is a verb essentially meaning "happen" (the word "maybe," another synonym of "mayhap" and "perhaps," was developed similarly from "may" and the verb "be"), and the verb "hap" comes from the noun "hap." "Perhaps" came about when "per" (meaning "through the agency of") was combined directly with the noun "hap" to form one word. Today "mayhap" is a rare word indeed in contrast with the very common "maybe" and "perhaps," but it does show up occasionally.

My sentence:
"We are just wondering and looking and mayhap seeing what we never perceived before."
-- James Robinson, A Treasury of Science

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

Next sentence?

Mayhap I will go to the gym today...
if I can get off my butt.

Mayhaps I will, mayhaps I won't.

Mayhap LeBron James will be the savior of the Cavaliers.

Mayhap my day will go well.

If I mow the lawn for my neighbors, I mayhap enough money to take my girlfriend out to see The Hulk AND possibly a visit to the concession stand.

Mayhap I should go back to work now... :)

Mayhap you could a more esoteric word for tomorrow.

The egg mayhap turn into a chicken, if nobody eats it.

I'm starting to see a pattern forming in these words nobody uses. They're basically all too complicated to use.

Mayhaps I should've waited to see "the Hulk."

Marty Martyr broke his halo in half in a saintly mishap. Mayhap it was Gods way of saying "Fuck You."

Until I met you, my Love, I thought kismet was something found on an unattainable mountaintop.

mayhap i'll never use this word.

Got kismet?

Mayhap I'm wrong, but I always thought "mayhap" was a southerners word like "younguns" or "yall".

Word of the day June 23
 

The Word of the Day for June 23 is:

cockalorum • \kah-kuh-LOR-um\ • (noun) 1. a boastful and self-important person; 2. boastful talk

A little more information about today’s word:
The image of a rooster (a.k.a. cock) strutting confidently across the barnyard or belting out a triumphant crow has long been associated with brash self-confidence. It’s an association that has left quite a mark on the English language, giving us "crow" ("to brag"), "cock" ("a self-important person"), and "cocky" ("overconfident"), just to name a few. "Cockalorum" (which may have derived from the obsolete Flemish word "kockeloeren," meaning "to crow") is another example. It dates back to 1715 when it was used to describe the Marquis of Huntly—son of the Duke of Gordon, a Celtic Highlander chief who was himself known as the "Cock of the North." Presumably, the Marquis was not exactly known for his humility!

My sentence (using definition #2):
Old Colonel Popin’s stories usually centered on exaggerated accounts of his heroism, and his incessant cockalorum annoyed many of his listeners.

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

Next sentence?

The cockalorum boasted that he was "the best shot in three counties."

The cockalorum was quite cockalorumy? :)

That arrogant cockalorum is going to get his one day...

He was so impressive at Flynt Porn University that he graduated Summa Cockalorum.

The hunters constant cockalorum made the 47 shots that it took to kill the moose rather hard to explain.

Constantly bragging, the cockalorum didn't know what to do once he was confronted with a challenge.

don't know whether to sound the cockalorum...here..maybe you better take a look..does this look infected to you?

Nobody liked Timmy because he constantly spewed cockalorum.

Dat cockalorum, he be tinkin he all dat!

Word of the day June 24
 

The Word of the Day for June 24 is:

deep-six • \DEEP-SIKS\ • (verb) 1. slang: to get rid of; discard, eliminate; 2. slang: to throw overboard

A little more information about today’s word:
Before the introduction of shipboard sonar, water depth was measured by hand with a sounding line. This was generally a rope weighted at one end, with bits of leather called "marks" tied on at intervals to measure the fathoms. Between the marks, fathoms were estimated by "deeps." The "leadsman" (pronounced \LEDS-muhn\) lowered the line into the water and called out the depth as the rope passed through his hands: "By the mark twain!" at two fathoms; "By the deep six!" at six fathoms. Perhaps due to an association with "six feet under" (dead and buried), to give something the "deep six" (or to "deep-six" it) was to throw it overboard, or, by extension, to discard it. In the mid-1960s "deep-six" made landfall; since then it has been used as much by landlubbers as by old salts.

My sentence (using definition #1):
"[She] came out number one on written exams for the jail job, but was deep-sixed by the jail’s psychological tester because, he said, she was 'too nice' to be a jailer."
-- Saturday Review, April 15, 1978

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

Next sentence?

His offense is what got him to the Big Leagues, but his deep-six wasn’t good enough to keep him on the roster.

Hillary decided that it was time to deep-six old Bill and cut her losses.

I can't wait until college is over so I can deep-six these Calc books.

*spec waits to fwapped for that comment.

"deep-six that motherfucker before he does more damage to the team" Johnny football hero said to coach in a pleading and angry tone.

Deep-six became known as 86 in the restaurant business.

If my trolling motor acts up just once more, I'll deep-six it.

And may I say JadziaDax, that I muchly enjoy your "Word of the Day" posts. I have begun to seek these out.

"What we ought to do is, we ought to deep-six those files and let [acting FBI director L. Patrick] Gray twist slowly in the wind."

--Richard Nixon re: Watergate coverup evidence

I'm going to deep-six this bad attitude of mine.

Word of the day June 25
 

The Word of the Day for June 25 is:

henotheism • \HEH-nuh-thee-ih-zum ("th" as in "think")\ • (noun) the worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods

A little more information about today’s word:
"Henotheism" comes to us from the German word "Henotheismus," which in turn is derived from the Greek "hen-" ("one") plus "theos" ("god"). Someone who engages in henotheism worships one god as supreme over all others. Max Müller, a respected 19th-century scholar, is credited with promoting the word "henotheism" as a counterpart to "polytheism" ("belief in or worship of more than one god") and "monotheism" ("the doctrine or belief that there is but one God"). Müller also offered the related word "kathenotheism" for the worship of several gods successively.

My sentence:
During certain periods of Egyptian history, the pharaohs and their subjects practiced henotheism.

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

Next sentence?

Fafhard and the Grey Mouser each worshiped their own god but were henotheistic.

Henotheism is just a human attempt to force the various gods in our traditional "pater familias" model.

Lookout Mountain is in Henotheism it?

Introducing a Muslim to the concept of henotheism could get you killed.

The Romans wanted the early Christians to change their beliefs to henotheism; that obviously didn't happen.

The greek city-state practiced henotheism, each having it's own patron god.

Henotheism is a hard word to pronounce after you've had several drinks.

yeahh
 

Henotheism in his pocket is gonna get him arrested if the cops come through...

Word of the day June 26
 

The Word of the Day for June 26 is:

peregrination • \peh-ruh-gruh-NAY-shun\ • (noun) an excursion especially on foot or to a foreign country; journey

A little more information about today’s word:
We begin our narrative of the linguistic travels of "peregrination" with the Latin root "peregrinus," which means "foreign" or "foreigner." That root also gave us the words "pilgrim" and "peregrine," the latter of which once meant "alien" but is now used as an adjective meaning "tending to wander" and a noun naming a kind of falcon. (The peregrine falcon is so named because it was traditionally captured during its first flight—or pilgrimage—from the nest.) From "peregrinus" we travel to the Latin verb "peregrinari" ("to travel in foreign lands") and its past participle "peregrinatus." Our final destination is the adoption into English in the 16th century of both "peregrination" and the verb "peregrinate" ("to travel especially on foot" or "to traverse").

My sentence:
"Ms. Ferguson traces the lives and peregrinations of these two early modern scientists across northern and middle Europe to the point where their lives first intersect."
-- Raymond L. Petersen, The Washington Times, April 13, 2003

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

Next sentence?

Due to recent conflicts, new military maps show Afghanistan and Iraq depicted as a peregrinations and unaffected surrounding areas are colored red.

When I run out of beer I peregrinate to the Beer store!

From the Middle Ages to a century ago, people would make peregrinations to Santiago de Compostella to visit the Holy grave

And even these days many make peregrinations to Mecca.

I have always wanted to make a peregrination across Europe.

Tonight, I will embark on my daily peregrination to the mailbox.

When under stress I like to go on long walks, today, I could use a peregrination.

Every morning I get my reading glasses and my motorcycle magazine and make my peregrination to the bathroom.

The flock of falcons made a peregrination to the peregrine nation.

Word of the day June 27
 

The Word of the Day for June 27 is:

tousle • \TOW-zul ("OW" as in "cow")\ • (verb) dishevel, rumple

A little more information about today’s word:
"Tousle" is a word that has been through what linguists call a "functional shift." That's a fancy way of saying it was originally one part of speech, then gradually came to have a different function. "Tousle" started out as a verb back in the 15th century. By the late 19th century, "tousle" was also being used as a noun meaning "a tangled mass (as of hair)." Etymologists connect the word to an Old High German word meaning "to pull to pieces."

My sentence:
Vic stood in front of the mirror and tousled his hair, trying to master the cool, disheveled look.

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

Next sentence?

I'm gonna cook myself a tousle of carbohydrates, garnished with shredded matured proteinslivers and a delicious fresh mix of tomatoes, also known as spaghetti :D

Last night at the bar, me mates got into abit of a tousle.

Next time you do the wash, don’t forget to use some Bounce, so my tousle be nice and soft.

Whenever my boy wants to roughhouse, he creeps up behind me and tousles my hair.

Because I toss and turn alot, every morning my bed covers are tousled.

After a few days with little sleep, the man looked tousled.

I love to have tousled hair.

Word of the day June 30
 

The Word of the Day for June 30 is:

shivaree • \shih-vuh-REE\ • (noun) a noisy mock serenade to a newly married couple

A little more information about today’s word:
In 19th century rural America, a newly-married couple might be treated to a mock serenade, performed with pots, pans, homemade instruments, and other noisemakers. Such cacophonous serenades were traditionally considered especially appropriate for second marriages or for unions deemed incongruous because of an age discrepancy or some other cause. In the eastern U.S. this custom, imported from rural England, was simply called a "serenade" or known under various local names. In much of the central U.S. and Canada, however, it was called a "shivaree," a loan from French "charivari," which denotes the same folk custom in France. In more recent years, "shivaree" has also developed broader senses; it is sometimes used to mean simply "a cacophony" or "a celebration."

My sentence:
On the night of Sally and Henry's wedding, the townspeople gathered outside the couple's window to participate in a raucous shivaree.

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

Next sentence?

One of the funniest part in the 'Quiet Man' is when the townpeople give John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara a shivaree.

i once got arrested for a particularly intense shivaree

It seems like every day you hear people echoing the new “catch phrase”, like: “ You don’t want to get started on that, then you’re on a shivaree slope."

Thankfully, I got no shivaree after my wedding.

I better not get a shivaree on my wedding day,
if I ever have one