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Word For The Day, Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - glower
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 05/11/2005 | The Janitor

Posted on 05/11/2005 5:59:06 AM PDT by VRWCmember

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

glower \GLOW-er ("OW" as in "cow")\ verb

to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger

Example sentence:
Mariah crossed her arms and glowered at Jeff, making it perfectly clear that she'd had enough of his teasing.

Did you know?
Do words of uncertain origin make you scowl? If so, "glower" may put a frown on your face, because only part of its history can be validated. The well-established part of its story leads us to Scotland, where "glower" (or "glowren," to use the older Scottish form of the word) has been used since the late Middle Ages. Originally, the word meant simply "to look intently" or "to stare in amazement," but by the late 1700s, glowering stares were being associated with anger instead of astonishment. Beyond that, however, the history of the word is murky. The most we can say is that "glower" is a distant relative of Middle Low German "gluren," which means "to be overcast," and of Middle Dutch "gloeren," meaning "to leer."

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....




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To: patton

know her? she is undoubedly a relative.


221 posted on 05/12/2005 3:19:26 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: patton; secret garden

was pretty sure you were a fruit. this clinches it....


222 posted on 05/12/2005 3:21:47 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden; patton

thank the Lord someone else smells it... ; )


223 posted on 05/12/2005 3:22:45 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy; tioga

Ti and I would've posted your RME gif if we had it!


224 posted on 05/12/2005 3:56:31 AM PDT by secret garden (Go Spurs Go!)
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To: xsmommy

oh, heavens. I am done for.


225 posted on 05/12/2005 4:58:30 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: xsmommy; tioga; secret garden; patton

After reading patton's posts from last night, I am convinced that he is related to my looney Falls Churcher former neighbor...


226 posted on 05/12/2005 5:01:34 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: Texan5

um, thanks. ;)


227 posted on 05/12/2005 5:04:19 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: patton

Don't sweat it - the original "Patton" was a little looney himself...


228 posted on 05/12/2005 5:10:34 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: patton

No problem-she was always telling everyone about her long list of accomplishments as a prodigy, and such traits do seem to run in families...


229 posted on 05/12/2005 5:12:45 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

You mean my greatgrandmother, Bertha Cortez Patton?


230 posted on 05/12/2005 5:13:07 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: Texan5

ummmmm. should have stayed in bed.


231 posted on 05/12/2005 5:14:19 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: Hegewisch Dupa; patton

Patton firmly believed he was the reincarnation of Alexander the Great, among other strange notions...


232 posted on 05/12/2005 5:14:22 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: patton

I didn't; but even I know better to mess with any 'Bertha' anywhere, at any time.


233 posted on 05/12/2005 5:14:50 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Texan5

Karl Der Grosse bin ich.


234 posted on 05/12/2005 5:15:42 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: Texan5

if you think about it, you've never seen those two in the same room together, have you?


235 posted on 05/12/2005 5:16:52 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: patton

Well, he is a much more recent hero than Alexander, at least.


236 posted on 05/12/2005 5:22:18 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

Hey, you're right...


237 posted on 05/12/2005 5:22:49 AM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line...)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

which two?


238 posted on 05/12/2005 5:25:28 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: patton

Al the Great & George the Patton


239 posted on 05/12/2005 5:27:31 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: patton; Miss Behave; secret garden

You'll notice he only said he "took" ballet.

(He didn't say where he put it though ....)


240 posted on 05/12/2005 6:00:13 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I can only contribute to FR monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS contributes to her campaign every day)
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