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Word For The Day, Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - coquetry
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 09/19/2005 | The Janitor

Posted on 09/21/2005 6:39:56 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".

coquetry \KOH-kuh-tree\ noun
a flirtatious act or attitude

Example sentence:
In a not-so-subtle act of coquetry, Nancy smiled flirtatiously and winked at Scott as she walked past him.

Did you know?
The rooster's cocky attitude has given him a reputation for arrogance and promiscuity. It has also given English several terms for people whose behavior is reminiscent of that strutting barnyard fowl. The noun "coquet" comes from French, where it is a diminutive of "coq," the French word for rooster. Originally, in the 1600s, English speakers used "coquet" to describe men who indulged in trifling flirtations. Today "coquet" can refer to male or female flirts (though "coquette," the French feminine form, is more commonly used for flirtatious women), and "coquetry" can refer to flirtation by men or women.

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....


Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)


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To: Laura Earl

I despise that crooked organization as much as the Red Cross. I will match donations to each again this year - zippo!


121 posted on 09/21/2005 2:06:22 PM PDT by secret garden (<= easily amused)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; TheGrimReaper; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; RikaStrom; Xenalyte; Rose in RoseBear; ...
HAH!!

Best of luck to all my Texas buddies and their loved ones. And everyone else down there in the path.

122 posted on 09/21/2005 2:27:24 PM PDT by Argh
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To: secret garden

Yankees and Democrats head south, what a scream, Miss Garden!


123 posted on 09/21/2005 2:29:22 PM PDT by Argh
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To: Argh

Arghy, we have hockey tonight! Granted it's only preseason and away and on the radio but the fun is just beginning! Unfortunately, Paul Kariya won't play for the first two games due to a sore ankle. Better to sit out now than when it counts.


124 posted on 09/21/2005 2:35:47 PM PDT by secret garden (<= easily amused)
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To: secret garden

I hope you enjoy it, Miss Garden! I saw Brett Hull the other day saying it should be much more enjoyable this year with the rules changes.


125 posted on 09/21/2005 2:38:29 PM PDT by Argh
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To: secret garden

Brett meant more enjoyable for the fans, of course.


126 posted on 09/21/2005 2:39:12 PM PDT by Argh
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To: RikaStrom
Darling, you are really pushing your luck to wait until Friday AM.

I would not want to be around your neck of the woods when the heavy rains come....remember last time? Be a pal and take an extra day off, and get outta there tomorrow, early.

127 posted on 09/21/2005 3:03:15 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: RikaStrom

They're talking about a late Friday PM landfall....


128 posted on 09/21/2005 3:06:57 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (© 2005, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: dubyaismypresident; TheGrimReaper; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; tioga; Gabz; xsmommy
Stay safe,
Stay armed

I plan to. I am heading out in the morning to Oklahoma. There isn't a hotel room available between Houston and Oklahoma.

129 posted on 09/21/2005 3:08:15 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: VRWCmember; Slip18

Home at last-

The 'rats have a new theory
Of conspiracy by the "right"-
Why is Texas ready for Rita and
Why didn't Key West drown last night?

Might it not have something to do
With not using coquetry for personal gain?
Especially when you are flirting
With the effects of a hurricane

I suppose they think that Karl Rove
Conjured Rita right our of thin air
Then got all the busses in Galveston
To take the people out of there

I don't suppose they believe the reason
Louisiana's governor was such a shame
Is because unlike those of Texas or Florida
She has a "D" after her name...





130 posted on 09/21/2005 3:11:12 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: RikaStrom

Be careful out there!


131 posted on 09/21/2005 3:11:31 PM PDT by TheGrimReaper (It's time to bring back public flogging.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Hi Sweetie,

Yeah, I am heading out first thing tomorrow, probably about 7 in the am. In theory it's a 6 hour drive, but it is probably going to be 10 hours.

Thena has never done a road trip before.

E


132 posted on 09/21/2005 3:12:12 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: RikaStrom

I'm so glad you dedided to leave earlier-take care...


133 posted on 09/21/2005 3:15:20 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: TheGrimReaper

I'm really hoping that Rita takes a hard left and goes to the deserted part of the coast between Texas and Mexico, but I guess that isn't looking too likely at this point.


134 posted on 09/21/2005 3:17:23 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Yeah. It's certainly going to be something to talk about.


135 posted on 09/21/2005 3:21:57 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; TheGrimReaper

Whyisa, Grimmie-are y'all sure you don't want to go to higher ground? We've got 2 extra bedrooms, a bonus room with an air matress, a couch and plenty of linens-there's room in the garage for Grimmie's critters, too, where Husky girl and Kitty boy won't try to snack on the possums and birds-and I went to the commissary on the way from work, so there's plenty of groceries, too...


136 posted on 09/21/2005 3:27:02 PM 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; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; grimreaper
so there's plenty of groceries, too...

If I lived in Texas, I'd be over just for the dinner.

137 posted on 09/21/2005 3:29:40 PM PDT by NeoCaveman ("Government is not the solution, it is the problem" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: dubyaismypresident

Well, thank you very much-you'd be most welcome, too.


138 posted on 09/21/2005 4:24:11 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Perchance, I was on a radio show monday - I wanted to read one of your prayers. But that would not have been fair. They are yours.

So next time, I will try to get my stuff in order beforehand. Sorry I screwed up.

139 posted on 09/21/2005 4:26:59 PM PDT by patton ("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)
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To: VRWCmember

"Miss Slippy is pretty generous with the plusses if you compliment her shapely legs, so you might try submitting your homework to her instead."


Give Miss Slippy an A+ for coquetry.


140 posted on 09/21/2005 4:33:08 PM PDT by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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