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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Feb 21, 2006 7:36:55 GMT -6
Sounds like they combined tits and elevate... which when you think about it does constitute a sprucing up [thwak!][/thwak!] Ouch!
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Post by Christinko on Feb 21, 2006 11:19:38 GMT -6
Good thing you smacked yourself before I kicked your butt, smartypanted one.
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Post by Christinko on Mar 7, 2006 21:47:51 GMT -6
Word of the Day for Sunday February 26, 2006
apothegm \AP-uh-them\, noun: A short, witty, and instructive saying. (See below all of my posts for an example)
Nineteen Eighty-four the most contemporary novel of this year and who knows of how many past and to come, is a great examination into and dramatization of Lord Acton's famous apothegm, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -- Mark Schorer, "When Newspeak Was New," [1]New York Times, October 6, 1996
The rare talent of compressing a mass of profound thought into an apophthegm. -- Henry Hart Milman, The History of Latin Christianity
The admirable Hebrew apophthegm, Learn to say I do not know. -- Frederic Farrar, Life of St. Paul
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Post by Christinko on Mar 11, 2006 10:05:09 GMT -6
Word of the Day for Saturday March 11, 2006
crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:
1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous stomach. 2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous old [1]reprobate.
These were the dregs of their celebratory party: the half-filled glasses, the cold beans and herring, the shouts and smells of the crapulous strangers hemming them in on every side, the dead rinsed-out April night and the rain drooling down the windows. -- T. Coraghessan Boyle, [2]Riven Rock
The crapulous life which her future successor led. -- Lord Brougham, Historical Sketches of Statesmen in the Time of George III
The new money was spent in so much riotous living, and from end to end there settled on the country a mood of fretful, crapulous irritation. -- Stephen McKenna, Sonia _________________________________________________________
Crapulous is from Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula, from Greek kraipale, drunkenness and its consequences, nausea, sickness, and headache.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 11, 2006 10:07:51 GMT -6
Sounds a lot like a hedonous subtopic.
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Post by Christinko on Mar 11, 2006 12:04:18 GMT -6
Would Hedonous be a bastardization of Hedonistic?
And why do people who haven't looked up the word/philosophy of life always think that Hedonism is only about naughty excess and not just pleasure of all forms?
I needed that station break, and now back to re-painting my 2nd bedroom walls that were knicked by the carpenter....it will never end.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 11, 2006 12:42:49 GMT -6
Well for me anyways, crapulousness tends to result from a hedonous overindulgence at the dinner table.
(and in defense of my term hedonous, Google did list 148 entries for the word, not that original I guess, BUT it does roll off the tongue well in combination with crapulous)
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Mar 13, 2006 21:57:22 GMT -6
I'm still trying to figure out "gross intemperance."
I'm not sure, but I think it means my brain's a dick. I'm hopin' I'm wrong!
..........Bob <------------who might have the wrong head in hand!
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Post by Christinko on Mar 15, 2006 9:52:05 GMT -6
Word of the Day for Tuesday March 14, 2006
uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective: Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.
It is batty to suppose that the most uxorious of husbands will stop his wife's excessive shopping if an excessive shopper she has always been. -- Angela Huth, "All you need is love," [1]Daily Telegraph, April 24, 1998
Flagler seems to have been an uxorious, domestic man, who liked the comfort and companionship of a wife at his side. -- Michael Browning, "Whitehall at 100," [2]Palm Beach Post, February 22, 2002
Fuller is as uxorious a poet as they come: hiatuses in the couple's mutual understanding are overcome with such rapidity as to be hardly worth mentioning in the first place ("How easy, this ability / To lose whatever we possess / By ceasing to believe that we / Deserve such brilliant success"). -- David Wheatley, "Round and round we go," [3]The Guardian, October 5, 2002 _________________________________________________________
Uxorious is from Latin uxorius, from uxor, wife.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 15, 2006 12:51:50 GMT -6
synonym... pussy whipped
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Post by edie2u on Mar 17, 2006 16:14:29 GMT -6
Word of the Day for Tuesday March 14, 2006 uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective: Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife. Flagler seems to have been an uxorious, domestic man, who liked the comfort and companionship of a wife at his side. -- Michael Browning, "Whitehall at 100," [2]Palm Beach Post, February 22, 2002 Uxorious is from Latin uxorius, from uxor, wife. Hmmm...I live in Flagler County so should Jerry be Uxorious?
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Post by Christinko on Apr 5, 2006 13:45:15 GMT -6
And the best one yet...
cum \KUM; KUHM\, preposition: With; along with; combined with; -- often used in combination.
In 1999 he finished converting an old dairy into a sort of village -- a hip warren of apartments adjoining a restaurant and bar, some art galleries, some studios, and an "e-mat" (a laundromat-cum-cybercafé). -- Bill Donahue, "Byte, Byte, Against the Dying of the Light", [1]The Atlantic, May 2001
Pretty soon, we're digging up the lunch, washing it off at a stand pipe and heading for the shed-cum-kitchen, where the two burners are quickly pressed into working overtime. -- Bob Granleese, "A bumper crop", [2]The Guardian, September 14, 2002
The memorial service cum political rally for Senator Wellstone brought the sacred low. -- William J. Bennett, "A Party of Corruption?", [3]National Review, November 4, 2002
Mark Humphrey, the rising star among interior designers, has created a highly-collectable dual-function, chrome and walnut candlestick-cum-rose vase. -- Nick Pandya, "Making Christmas a one-off", [4]The Guardian, November 2, 2002
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Post by Hazelita on Apr 5, 2006 14:53:01 GMT -6
LOL!!! ;D
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 27, 2006 7:42:46 GMT -6
Jamaica:
is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, inhabitants typically include discourteous and untrustworthy people. See also; inept, rude, landfill, marijuana, coffee beans
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Post by JustIan on Apr 27, 2006 8:07:27 GMT -6
Jamaica: is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, inhabitants typically include discourteous and untrustworthy people. See also; inept, rude, landfill, marijuana, coffee beans Don't blame it on Jamaica I slipped and dislocated my shoulder at the holiday inn in Boston just after a light snow. The first thing management did was check the soles of my shoes to see if I had on proper footwear for the snow!
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 27, 2006 10:35:21 GMT -6
I'm not blaming anyone Ian except myself. That's just some silly humor while it's true I don't feel sympathetic toward their hardships now. I'm still a warm person but we learn as we grow. The next time I go to Jamaica I'm bringing all "singles" this way they can't pull their money games and I can make believe "the respect thing".
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Post by PattyD on Apr 27, 2006 13:13:36 GMT -6
Gary it is a shame what has happened with everyone being so damm sue happy Superclubs - Hedo had to make sure they "covered their ass" FIRST before assisting you with dealing with your injury. It is not like people have not slipped before on those damm tiles. The effort to correct the problem is only done short term. I really hope that your bad experience does not keep you & Geri from joining us in December.
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 27, 2006 13:56:39 GMT -6
Patty,
It's all about the people Hedo brings, it's a great vacation place. It's a let down when a maintenance worker is pushing for a tip as you're coming back to consciousness because he called your wife over.
What's adequate in this situation? $5? $10?
I'll be fine.
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Post by PattyD on Apr 27, 2006 15:00:59 GMT -6
Patty, It's all about the people Hedo brings, it's a great vacation place. It's a let down when a maintenance worker is pushing for a tip as you're coming back to consciousness because he called your wife over. What's adequate in this situation? $5? $10? I'll be fine. I think I would be more inclined to spent the $5 to write a few letters to superclubs and management of hedo regarding how someone dared to ask you, a naked bleeding injured person, for money.... I would be PISSED OFF someone looking for money for being extending human kindness!!! Me pissed off is not a pretty sight at all, it takes a lot to get me really going. Rupe has learned after 32 years together to get the hell out of my way when I am pissed....
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 27, 2006 15:12:08 GMT -6
Patty, It's all about the people Hedo brings, it's a great vacation place. It's a let down when a maintenance worker is pushing for a tip as you're coming back to consciousness because he called your wife over. What's adequate in this situation? $5? $10? I'll be fine. I think I would be more inclined to spent the $5 to write a few letters to superclubs and management of hedo regarding how someone dared to ask you, a naked bleeding injured person, for money.... I would be PISSED OFF someone looking for money for being extending human kindness!!! Me pissed off is not a pretty sight at all, it takes a lot to get me really going. Rupe has learned after 32 years together to get the hell out of my way when I am pissed.... Duly noted. Patty I'll stand behind Rupe if I see you like this. If I push the issue and someone gets fired I'll feel worse, I'll let this issue die. Chances are he'll get fired eventually if he continues this way from something else. FYI I was dressed when I hit the floor.
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Post by Cherbunny on Apr 27, 2006 16:16:08 GMT -6
So, you put clothes on after getting out of the hot tub to go to the nude bathroom?
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 27, 2006 16:38:21 GMT -6
Yes Cheryl, we were going out to dinner and the hot tub was just shut off for "treatment."
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Post by JustIan on Apr 28, 2006 7:57:25 GMT -6
Patty, It's all about the people Hedo brings, it's a great vacation place. It's a let down when a maintenance worker is pushing for a tip as you're coming back to consciousness because he called your wife over. What's adequate in this situation? $5? $10? I'll be fine. Just curious if it was Headley. He is the only employee at Hedo who has ever asked us for money....reapeatedly.
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 28, 2006 8:17:54 GMT -6
No Ian it wasn't, but more than 1 employee has asked me for money. Normally I wouldn't care, it's just the circumstances around it.
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Post by Christinko on Apr 28, 2006 9:51:57 GMT -6
Oh my gawd, Gary. How gross (re: asking for $)! I'm just appalled. How are you feeling today? Better I hope!
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Post by innit Geezer on Apr 28, 2006 10:50:55 GMT -6
I have a battered spirit but I'll be fine. Just to be clear, at the time of my incident only 1 employee was looking for money.
Geri is helping me with everything, I can't thank her enough.
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Post by Christinko on Apr 28, 2006 11:48:19 GMT -6
What a relief! Just had emailed you the same question, so no need to respond. So glad your boo-boos are fixable/being fixed. And I'm glad you have Geri too and I don't even know the gal!
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Post by Cherbunny on May 2, 2006 23:39:06 GMT -6
Today's word of the day is UP.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP . We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP , you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP .
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP , so............ Time to shut UP .....!
Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U-P
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on May 3, 2006 17:52:52 GMT -6
Why, you fuck UP!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on May 5, 2006 6:35:16 GMT -6
Everyone in the midwest (at least) KNOWS that UP is a proper noun that stands for 'Upper Peninsula' and is pronounced 'you pee'. For those of you who are not familiar with the geography, the UP is that part of Michigan that is 'above the bridge' (the 'bridge' being the Mackinac Bridge, a huge structure as big as the Golden Gate that starts nowhere and goes nowhere, regardless of which end you approach from.
You may or may not find the UP on maps, especially internet, magazine, or TV maps. Sometimes its shown as part of Michigan, sometimes as part of Wisconsin, and sometimes it simply disappears into Lake Superior and isnt shown at all.
Its natives are referred to as 'Yoopers'. In contrast, the rest of the state, below the bridge (the part that looks like a mitten) is inhabited with 'trolls', because everyone who has read European childrens literature knows that trolls live below the bridge.
Dr Goon
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