Alternate-Universe Word of the Day Wednesday May 13, 2009
Figure
Fig"ure\ (?; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign.]
1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon.
2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.
A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.
3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.
I made some figure there. --Dryden.
Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. --Blackstone.
6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.
That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.
7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure. --Thackeray.
9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v. 14.
10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.
To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. --Macaulay.
11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. --Johnson.
14. (Music) (a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. --Grove. (b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose: 2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Figured; p. pr. & vb. n. Figuring.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See Figure, n.]
1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
If love, alas! be pain I bear,
No thought can figure, and no tongue declare. Prior.
2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. --Dryden.
4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak.
5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak.
6. (Mus.) (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. (b) To embellish.
Fig"ure\, v. t.
1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. --M. Arnold.
2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]
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Word of the Day Thursday May 14, 2009
unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective: 1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy. 2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals. 3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
A warmed, crusty French roll arrives split, lightly smeared with unctuous chopped liver.
-- John Kessler, "Meals To Go: Break from the routine with Hong", Atlanta Journal and Constitution, October 22, 1998
She recalled being offended by the "phoniness" that stemmed from the contradiction between her mother's charming, even unctuous public manner and her anger in private.
-- Daniel Horowitz, Betty Friedan And the Making of 'The Feminine Mystique'
He approached Sean wearing a smile so unctuous it seemed about to slide right off his face.
-- Naeem Murr, The Boy
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Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus, "anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to anoint, to besmear."
unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective: 1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy. 2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals. 3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
A warmed, crusty French roll arrives split, lightly smeared with unctuous chopped liver.
-- John Kessler, "Meals To Go: Break from the routine with Hong", Atlanta Journal and Constitution, October 22, 1998
She recalled being offended by the "phoniness" that stemmed from the contradiction between her mother's charming, even unctuous public manner and her anger in private.
-- Daniel Horowitz, Betty Friedan And the Making of 'The Feminine Mystique'
He approached Sean wearing a smile so unctuous it seemed about to slide right off his face.
-- Naeem Murr, The Boy
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Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus, "anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to anoint, to besmear."
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Alternate-Universe Word of the Day Thursday, May 14, 2009
Debut [dey-byoo, di-, dey-byoo, deb-yoo]
–noun
1. a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
2. the first appearance of something, as a new product.
3. (of a young woman) a formal introduction and entrance into society, as at an annual ball.
4. the beginning of a profession, career, etc.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make a debut, as in society or in a performing art: She decided to debut with several other violinists.
6. to appear for the first time, as on the market: A new product will debut next month.
–verb (used with object)
7. to perform (something) for the first time before an audience: He didn't know when the orchestra would debut his new symphony.
8. to place on the market for the first time; introduce.
–adjective
9. of, pertaining to, or constituting a first appearance: a debut performance; a debut record album.
Also, dé⋅but.
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Origin:
1745–55; < F début, deriv. of débuter to make the first stroke in a game, make one's first appearance, equiv. to dé- de- + -buter, v. deriv. of but goal; see butt 2 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Debut [dey-byoo, di-, dey-byoo, deb-yoo]
–noun
1. a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
2. the first appearance of something, as a new product.
3. (of a young woman) a formal introduction and entrance into society, as at an annual ball.
4. the beginning of a profession, career, etc.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make a debut, as in society or in a performing art: She decided to debut with several other violinists.
6. to appear for the first time, as on the market: A new product will debut next month.
–verb (used with object)
7. to perform (something) for the first time before an audience: He didn't know when the orchestra would debut his new symphony.
8. to place on the market for the first time; introduce.
–adjective
9. of, pertaining to, or constituting a first appearance: a debut performance; a debut record album.
Also, dé⋅but.
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Origin:
1745–55; < F début, deriv. of débuter to make the first stroke in a game, make one's first appearance, equiv. to dé- de- + -buter, v. deriv. of but goal; see butt 2 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Word of the Day Friday May 15, 2009
querulous \KWER-uh-luhs; -yuh\, adjective: 1. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining. 2. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining.
Querulous Oscar rattles on, never more or less than himself, but never much more than the content of his grumpy rattling.
-- Sven Birkerts, "A Frolic of His Own", New Republic, February 7, 1994
Mam is a tragic figure when transported to New York by her successful sons -- querulous, unable to get a decent cup of tea.
-- Maureen Howard, "McCourt's New World", New York Times, September 19, 1999
Men who feel strong in the justice of their cause, or confident in their powers, do not waste breath in childish boasts of their own superiority and querulous depreciation of their antagonists.
-- James Russell Lowell, "The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion", The Atlantic, June 1861
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Querulous comes from Latin querulus, from queri, "to complain."
querulous \KWER-uh-luhs; -yuh\, adjective: 1. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining. 2. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining.
Querulous Oscar rattles on, never more or less than himself, but never much more than the content of his grumpy rattling.
-- Sven Birkerts, "A Frolic of His Own", New Republic, February 7, 1994
Mam is a tragic figure when transported to New York by her successful sons -- querulous, unable to get a decent cup of tea.
-- Maureen Howard, "McCourt's New World", New York Times, September 19, 1999
Men who feel strong in the justice of their cause, or confident in their powers, do not waste breath in childish boasts of their own superiority and querulous depreciation of their antagonists.
-- James Russell Lowell, "The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion", The Atlantic, June 1861
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Querulous comes from Latin querulus, from queri, "to complain."
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Alternate-Universe Word of the Day Friday May 15, 2009
daffy [daf-ee] adj.
1.Silly; foolish.
2.Crazy.
[From obsolete daff, fool, from Middle English daffe; probably akin to dafte, foolish; see daft.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Daffyd's sister ("Soprano Sorceress") refers to him as Daffy.
daffy [daf-ee] adj.
1.Silly; foolish.
2.Crazy.
[From obsolete daff, fool, from Middle English daffe; probably akin to dafte, foolish; see daft.]
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Daffyd's sister ("Soprano Sorceress") refers to him as Daffy.
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Since I'm generally not "around" on the weekends ..
Alternate-Universe Word of the Day - Saturday, May 16, 2009
flannel [flan-l]
–noun
1. a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
2. a soft, warm, light fabric of cotton or cotton and another fiber, thickly napped on one side and used for sleepwear, undergarments, sheets, etc.
3. flannels,
 a. an outer garment, esp. trousers, made of flannel.
 b. woolen undergarments.
4. British.
 a. a washcloth.
 b. Informal. nonsense; humbug; empty talk.
 c. Informal. flattery; insincere or overdone praise.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cover or clothe with flannel.
6. to rub with flannel.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME flaunneol, perh. dissimilated var. of flanyn sackcloth < Welsh; cf. Welsh gwlanen woolen article, equiv. to gwlân wool (akin to L lāna) + -en suffix denoting a single item (as a piece of a mass noun or sing. of a collective pl.)
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Alternate-Universe Word of the Day - Sunday, May 17, 2009
disingenuous [dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs]
–adjective
lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
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1645–55; dis- 1 + ingenuous
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Alternate-Universe Word of the Day - Saturday, May 16, 2009
flannel [flan-l]
–noun
1. a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
2. a soft, warm, light fabric of cotton or cotton and another fiber, thickly napped on one side and used for sleepwear, undergarments, sheets, etc.
3. flannels,
 a. an outer garment, esp. trousers, made of flannel.
 b. woolen undergarments.
4. British.
 a. a washcloth.
 b. Informal. nonsense; humbug; empty talk.
 c. Informal. flattery; insincere or overdone praise.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cover or clothe with flannel.
6. to rub with flannel.
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Origin:
1300–50; ME flaunneol, perh. dissimilated var. of flanyn sackcloth < Welsh; cf. Welsh gwlanen woolen article, equiv. to gwlân wool (akin to L lāna) + -en suffix denoting a single item (as a piece of a mass noun or sing. of a collective pl.)
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009
Alternate-Universe Word of the Day - Sunday, May 17, 2009
disingenuous [dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs]
–adjective
lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
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Origin:
1645–55; dis- 1 + ingenuous
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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My excuse for no response is that I was away for our annual visit to Boothbay Harbor, and I have a "No Computer Agreement" (NCA) in place for the trip. It wasn't cool enough for flannel PJs, but I did wear my plaid button front wool shirt from a popular outdoor-gear store in Freeport, through which we pass on our way. It was perfect for sitting outside in the light fog last night, watching lights shimmer on the water as we looked across the harbor.
I ask, querulously, where have the rest of you been? Do you hope to claim some daffy, disingenuous excuse like sore typing fingers? I was looking forward to some superbly silly stuff to elevate my mood now that the visit to the Maine coast is over until next year.
I'll just have to hope my own minor efforts have a major impact on my spirits so I don't need to quaff spirits to pull me out of this momentary depression.
I ask, querulously, where have the rest of you been? Do you hope to claim some daffy, disingenuous excuse like sore typing fingers? I was looking forward to some superbly silly stuff to elevate my mood now that the visit to the Maine coast is over until next year.
I'll just have to hope my own minor efforts have a major impact on my spirits so I don't need to quaff spirits to pull me out of this momentary depression.
Word of the Day Monday May 18, 2009
pernicious \pur-NISH-us\, adjective: Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful.
Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.
-- Wendy Lesser, "Who's Afraid of Arnold Bennett?", New York Times, September 28, 1997
But he said they were not thinkers but snobs, and their influence was pernicious.
-- Saul Bellow, Ravelstein
Racism should be condemned because its effects are pernicious.
-- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Genes, Peoples, and Languages
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Pernicious comes from Latin perniciosus, "destructive, ruinous," from pernicies, "destruction, disaster, ruin," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + nex, nec-, "violent death."
pernicious \pur-NISH-us\, adjective: Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful.
Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.
-- Wendy Lesser, "Who's Afraid of Arnold Bennett?", New York Times, September 28, 1997
But he said they were not thinkers but snobs, and their influence was pernicious.
-- Saul Bellow, Ravelstein
Racism should be condemned because its effects are pernicious.
-- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Genes, Peoples, and Languages
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Pernicious comes from Latin perniciosus, "destructive, ruinous," from pernicies, "destruction, disaster, ruin," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + nex, nec-, "violent death."
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Word of the Day Tuesday May 19, 2009
fey \FAY\, adjective: 1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin. 2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant. 3. Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched. 4. (Scots.) Fated to die; doomed. 5. (Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.
. . .the former a gang of dangerous delinquents, fearless, macho, vulgar . . ., the latter a group of mischievous schoolboys, whimsical, fey, sophisticated and daringly experimental.
-- Sean Kelly, "What Did You Expect, the Spanish Inquisition?", New York Times, July 25, 1999
Beneath a fey manner, his mother was highly competitive.
-- Evan Thomas, The Very Best Men
Leo, suddenly fey, sports a rhinestone ascot and black velvet waistcoat, homburg and walking stick.
-- Edward Karam, "Fast and louche", Times, March 29, 2001
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Fey comes from Middle English feye, feie, from Old English fæge, "fated to die."
fey \FAY\, adjective: 1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin. 2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant. 3. Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched. 4. (Scots.) Fated to die; doomed. 5. (Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.
. . .the former a gang of dangerous delinquents, fearless, macho, vulgar . . ., the latter a group of mischievous schoolboys, whimsical, fey, sophisticated and daringly experimental.
-- Sean Kelly, "What Did You Expect, the Spanish Inquisition?", New York Times, July 25, 1999
Beneath a fey manner, his mother was highly competitive.
-- Evan Thomas, The Very Best Men
Leo, suddenly fey, sports a rhinestone ascot and black velvet waistcoat, homburg and walking stick.
-- Edward Karam, "Fast and louche", Times, March 29, 2001
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Fey comes from Middle English feye, feie, from Old English fæge, "fated to die."
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Algot Runeman wrote:..., and I have a "No Computer Agreement" (NCA) in place for the trip.
When I'm forced to "sign" one of these, I just pack extra books for the trip ..
"Budge up, yeh great lump." -- Hagrid, HP:SS
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In hindsight, I agree with Voralfred that codeblower's querulousness last week seems to have been somewhat disingenuous.
Twas one thing for us to be amenable to an occasional 2nd serve from the dugout, but to deliberately misconstrue that as carte blanche to debut a 2nd ongoing WOTD was both fey and daffy, and decidedly pernicious to the casual espirit de corps we've worked hard to develop.
A suitable punishment would be imprison him in the Hairshirt of Nessus, but since that fabled garment has long since been lost to us, perhaps the enchanted "Flannel Shirt of Flaneurs", created by The Roving Punster, will do ? It's said that dawdlers who've been condemned to wear it are doomed to roam the earth forever in a perpetual state of itchy discomfort and utter fecklessness.
Twas one thing for us to be amenable to an occasional 2nd serve from the dugout, but to deliberately misconstrue that as carte blanche to debut a 2nd ongoing WOTD was both fey and daffy, and decidedly pernicious to the casual espirit de corps we've worked hard to develop.
A suitable punishment would be imprison him in the Hairshirt of Nessus, but since that fabled garment has long since been lost to us, perhaps the enchanted "Flannel Shirt of Flaneurs", created by The Roving Punster, will do ? It's said that dawdlers who've been condemned to wear it are doomed to roam the earth forever in a perpetual state of itchy discomfort and utter fecklessness.
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So, I take it, from your querulous posts, that my WotD entries from "The Soprano Sorceress" and other Modesitt works should be discontinued?
A pity.
I never even got to "rue", "fatuous", and "dissonance".
A pity.
I never even got to "rue", "fatuous", and "dissonance".
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I would like to say something serious.
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Wait, I'm thinking.
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Oh, tarnation!
I rue that only things fatuous which would produce even more dissonance come to mind. Sorry.
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Wait, I'm thinking.
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Oh, tarnation!
I rue that only things fatuous which would produce even more dissonance come to mind. Sorry.
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By the by,
By the way,
Buy the whey?
Sorry, curden't help it.
I know it's a mildly cheesy thing to say. Tough it out. The spider made me do it.
...Braddarb recently asserted that we have an "esprit de corps" around here.
That raises the significant question:
Do teams of gravediggers have esprit de corpse?
Perhaps esprit de corpse is confined to coteries of zombies?
By the way,
Buy the whey?
Sorry, curden't help it.
I know it's a mildly cheesy thing to say. Tough it out. The spider made me do it.
...Braddarb recently asserted that we have an "esprit de corps" around here.
That raises the significant question:
Do teams of gravediggers have esprit de corpse?
Perhaps esprit de corpse is confined to coteries of zombies?
I rue the day that I sneezed whilst making roux. The resulting unctuous splatter of hot fat caused a dissonance of fatuous anatomical explicatives on my part.
{Speaking as someone who's channeled murphy's ghost, the roving punster, the snarky mod, several generations of evil overlords in multiple fictional countries, assorted demons, devils, cambions, vampires, assassins, mass murderers, villains living and undead, monsters of all sorts, wild animals, etc, I can attest to it from personal experience.}
When they band together for the occasional killing spree, Yes.Algot Runeman, whilst tunneling for navel lint, wrote:Do teams of gravediggers have esprit de corpse?
{Speaking as someone who's channeled murphy's ghost, the roving punster, the snarky mod, several generations of evil overlords in multiple fictional countries, assorted demons, devils, cambions, vampires, assassins, mass murderers, villains living and undead, monsters of all sorts, wild animals, etc, I can attest to it from personal experience.}
To continue the free-for-all fullisade of fatuous one liners ...
This just in: the fabled "Flying Pig" of popular folklore has finally been captured !
Conspiracy theorists have long suspected it as the source of the current swine flu pandemic, and are actively trying to ram some emergency funds for scientific testing through congress. Unfortunately, lobbyists for the pro-marajuana party (defenders of living high on the hog) have loaded it up with so much porkbarrel legislation that that it'll probably never ... well ... you know ... fly.
When asked to comment, the imprisoned porcine (currently being held under wraps in a nearby burrito stand) said simply "Oink".
This just in: the fabled "Flying Pig" of popular folklore has finally been captured !
Conspiracy theorists have long suspected it as the source of the current swine flu pandemic, and are actively trying to ram some emergency funds for scientific testing through congress. Unfortunately, lobbyists for the pro-marajuana party (defenders of living high on the hog) have loaded it up with so much porkbarrel legislation that that it'll probably never ... well ... you know ... fly.
When asked to comment, the imprisoned porcine (currently being held under wraps in a nearby burrito stand) said simply "Oink".
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Algot Runeman wrote:By the by,
By the way,
Buy the whey?
Sorry, curden't help it.
I know it's a mildly cheesy thing to say. Tough it out. The spider made me do it.
"Budge up, yeh great lump." -- Hagrid, HP:SS
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The gelding is what the gelding is, unlike people who change in response to their perceptions of events that may benefit or threaten their power. -- Lorn, Chapter LXXXII, Magi'i of Cyador
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The gelding is what the gelding is, unlike people who change in response to their perceptions of events that may benefit or threaten their power. -- Lorn, Chapter LXXXII, Magi'i of Cyador
Word of the Day Thursday May 21, 2009
immure \ih-MYUR\, verb: 1. To enclose within walls, or as if within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. 2. To build into a wall. 3. To entomb in a wall.
Not surprisingly, Sally shuddered at the thought of being immured in the black cave, to die slowly and hopelessly, far below the sunny hillside.
-- Peter Pierce, "The Fiction of Gabrielle Lord", Australian Literary Studies, October 1999
True, there was a Mughal emperor in Delhi until 1857, but he was emperor in name only, the shadow of a memory, described by Lord Macaulay as 'a mock sovereign immured in a gorgeous state prison'.
-- Anthony Read, The Proudest Day
When I tried to think clearly about this, I felt that my mind was immured, that it couldn't expand in any direction.
-- Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon
Immured by privilege in a way of life that offered little scope, army wives were often enfeebled by boredom.
-- Frances Spalding, Duncan Grant: A Biography
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Immure comes from Medieval Latin immurare, from Latin in-, "in" + murus, "wall." It is related to mural, a painting applied to a wall.
immure \ih-MYUR\, verb: 1. To enclose within walls, or as if within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. 2. To build into a wall. 3. To entomb in a wall.
Not surprisingly, Sally shuddered at the thought of being immured in the black cave, to die slowly and hopelessly, far below the sunny hillside.
-- Peter Pierce, "The Fiction of Gabrielle Lord", Australian Literary Studies, October 1999
True, there was a Mughal emperor in Delhi until 1857, but he was emperor in name only, the shadow of a memory, described by Lord Macaulay as 'a mock sovereign immured in a gorgeous state prison'.
-- Anthony Read, The Proudest Day
When I tried to think clearly about this, I felt that my mind was immured, that it couldn't expand in any direction.
-- Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon
Immured by privilege in a way of life that offered little scope, army wives were often enfeebled by boredom.
-- Frances Spalding, Duncan Grant: A Biography
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Immure comes from Medieval Latin immurare, from Latin in-, "in" + murus, "wall." It is related to mural, a painting applied to a wall.
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