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06-19-2003, 01:56 AM
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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? |
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06-19-2003, 03:59 AM
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Junkie
Location: The True North Strong and Free!
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After sex i like to lavatate my thang.
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06-20-2003, 02:24 AM
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Loser
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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? |
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06-20-2003, 06:49 AM
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Sir
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Mayhap I should go back to work now...
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06-23-2003, 01:01 AM
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Loser
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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? |
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06-23-2003, 04:48 AM
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Sir
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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The cockalorum was quite cockalorumy?
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06-23-2003, 08:05 AM
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Upright
Location: in the woods
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don't know whether to sound the cockalorum...here..maybe you better take a look..does this look infected to you?
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06-24-2003, 01:24 AM
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Loser
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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? |
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